Exhibit #N of Google as fiat regulatory authority for the web. We're heading back to AOL keywords, except this time with monopoly power.https://twitter.com/alexainslie/status/1296216221281431552 …
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I don't see how this is an issue other browsers have done similar things (I feel like opera did this way back in the day). The thread includes that there is a easily accessible way to disable it.
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Look on the bright side: They're providing the services of a digital feudal lord without demanding the droit du seigneur or even a pledge of fealty.
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I seem to remember this whole interoperable network thing a while back? That was neat.
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I'm always sensitive to lock-in concerns, but this is an experiment based on real research showing that users fall for spoofs in the URL path (and all the other parts of the URL). Any browser could do the same thing (Safari already does) and doesn't tie people to Google services.
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As someone whose primary applications are distinguished by fourth-level domain I've hated what browser people have done to the URL bar for a long, long time but I'm pretty much resigned to that part of the ui sucking, sometimes maybe even for good reason.
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This is essentially identical to what Safari has been doing for years. Come on, man, you're better than this.
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