When Chrome hid the protocol they replaced it with a shield icon that served the same purpose, and had already been showing full-screen warnings about visiting insecure content when the site was not TLS encrypted.
I infer from your comment that you're referring to the decision of these AI browsers to abstract away any semblance of the true URL, and that your are endorsing that as a product decision. I'd caution you, as someone who recently admitted to being phished by a bad Venmo link, to reconsider the importance of a URI as the only true certificate of authenticity most lay users of the internet have.
Sorry for reading more into it than was intended, but it is worth pointing out that there is still a full-page warning and a "lock slash" icon when visiting insecure content. The feature was thoughtfully implemented, and I'm not trying to disagree that it was ultimately a good product decision... Just trying to make a case for the sanctity and importance of the URL given what I am seeing as significantly more risky and less considered product decisions happening in the AI browser space now.
When Chrome hid the protocol they replaced it with a shield icon that served the same purpose, and had already been showing full-screen warnings about visiting insecure content when the site was not TLS encrypted.
I infer from your comment that you're referring to the decision of these AI browsers to abstract away any semblance of the true URL, and that your are endorsing that as a product decision. I'd caution you, as someone who recently admitted to being phished by a bad Venmo link, to reconsider the importance of a URI as the only true certificate of authenticity most lay users of the internet have.
No, I only refer to Chrome and the decision from 2018/2019 to hide the protocol and www. I can't find an official announcement, but this is what I mean: https://superuser.com/questions/1333575/chrome-address-bar-no-longer-shows-protocol-or-www-subdomain
In my current version of Chrome there is also not a shield anymore.
Sorry for reading more into it than was intended, but it is worth pointing out that there is still a full-page warning and a "lock slash" icon when visiting insecure content. The feature was thoughtfully implemented, and I'm not trying to disagree that it was ultimately a good product decision... Just trying to make a case for the sanctity and importance of the URL given what I am seeing as significantly more risky and less considered product decisions happening in the AI browser space now.