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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by tmpz22 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @03:04PM (#23520358)
But why can't this be a toggle or user setting like in Safari? Why is it a 1-true-google-way of doing things when clearly there are users who want to keep it (even if its just web developers)?
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by crazygringo on Sunday June 14, 2020 @05:26PM (#23521539)
How do you know it won't be a toggle?

Right now it is a setting to enable in Chrome.

What makes you think that once it becomes default, the switch won't remain to be able to turn it off?

Chrome is built by developers. Presumably, they pay attention to what developers need from it. Which is why their debugging tools overall are so amazing.

Perhaps you should withold criticism of what you assume they'll do until they, you know, actually do it.

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