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Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by nixpulvis on Thursday September 06, 2018 @06:09PM (#17930070)
No this is Google (and others) attempting to fix confusion caused by developers making systems that are hard to understand for users. Nothing is stopping developers from redirecting or setting up DNS to make the two domains go to the same place.

I personally feel like any negative user experience should be addressed by the developers of the website, not the browser.

Meanwhile I'm sure there are people out there who want to maintain a distinction between www.x.y and just x.y.

Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by wingworks on Thursday September 06, 2018 @06:18PM (#17930133)
Exactly, thank you! I think first and foremost the browser should be clear and easy to use for the general user, not an easy to debug frontend for devs, if we do that the browser will be a mess. Devs know where to look to see what the real address is if they get reports of there site not working, and can then fix the issue on their end. It's not like the issue isn't something that you can't change on the server end.

The people who run the sites should do all they can to make the experience as hassle-free as possible. This means no www.domain.com and domain.com going to different places, 99% of users will expect to end up on the same site regardless of where you add the www or not, to them it's the same as adding the htttps or not, it should "just work" regardless what they put in the front on the URL. (of course there will always be some edges cases, but I feel it's worth it for a better end-user experience.

IDK, just my 2c.

Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL by baby on Thursday September 06, 2018 @07:40PM (#17930625)
Not sure why you are getting downvotes but I agree with you here. I think this change is going to benefit both technical and non technical users. How many websites make the mistake of not handling www and non-www the same? Or having a valid certificate for both domains? It's not just a pain for the non techies