Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chrome 85 address bar

Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by saulrh on Sunday June 14, 2020 @12:36PM (#23519078)

"Spend more money on your computer" is a fine solution for a bay area software engineer. It's not a solution at all for the half of America that would have to sell their car to cover a $400 ER visit.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by superkuh on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:05AM (#23527419)

I make under $12k/year. I live in the midwest. I would have to sell my car for a $1k ER visit.

It's still cheaper to build a $450 real desktop computer (that lasts decades+) than it is to buy a $800 4 year life gimped smart phone that can't do any productive work any isn't in my control.

(And my $20 nokia dumb phone has worked perfectly since 2006 for phone calls/text.)

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by shadowgovt on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:25AM (#23527652)

You live in the midwest United States; you're not the user we're talking about.

We're talking about the person in small-town India who has a Micromax Black Q385 spark 3, 8GB store, 1GB ram, 5.5" screen, which they bought for $50. They also get their Internet access through the cellular equivalent of a drinking straw.

(Even still, my personal guess is that this URL bar change isn't about them; it's about the desktop experience).

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by superkuh on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:02PM (#23529737)

I don't think Chrome can run on a machine like that.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by nitrogen on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:16PM (#23519903)

Desktop computers are available waaay cheaper than phones.

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