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Re:“We plan to hide ‘https’ scheme and subdomain ‘www’ in Ch... by driverdan on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:17AM (#20574167)
In what browser?
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Re:“We plan to hide ‘https’ scheme and subdomain ‘www’ in Ch... by mjlee on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:21AM (#20574197)
I think in advertisements.

i.e. instead of a poster telling you to go to "https://news.ycombinator.com" it might say

Search: Hacker News

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Re:“We plan to hide ‘https’ scheme and subdomain ‘www’ in Ch... by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:32AM (#20574698)
Which opens the door for the other HN to play SEO games.
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Re:“We plan to hide ‘https’ scheme and subdomain ‘www’ in Ch... by glandium on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:41AM (#20574329)
Exactly this. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
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