google is bringing 'www' back to chrome urls following user complaints

Google will again display 'www and 'm in front of URLs Chrome's address bar after the decision to remove them was met with user complaints..   For those unaware, when Chrome 69 was released last week it surprised everyone when 'www and 'm were no longer displayed in the address bar..   By removing those parts of, Apparently, Google thought it was doing users favor URL, and the criticism that followed say otherwise..   The main argument was hiding 'www and 'm could expose users to phishing threats..   Google reversed the change and has issued the following statement..   In Chrome M69, we rolled out change to hide special-case subdomains www and m in Chrome omnibox.   we have decided to roll back these changes M69 on Chrome for Desktop and Android...   Google goes on to explain that it will resume hiding the 'www subdomain when Chrome 70 rolls out...   We are not going to elide m M70 because we found large sites that have user-controlled m subdomain.   Google plans to initiate discussion with standards bodies with regards to reserving 'www or 'm as special case subdomains under-the-hood...   Read more