This is a classic example of techies, marketers and MBAs deciding what is "too confusing" for "normal" people to understand. This is why the History channel sh

This is a classic example of techies, marketers and MBAs deciding what is "too confusing" for "normal" people to understand. This is why the History channel shows reality TV instead of programs about, you know, history. It was decided that "history" that doesn't involve celebrities, aliens or Nazis is just too boring for normal people. Google has decided that the 50% of population who are confused about the basics of URLs are more important than the rest of us who have been using them for over 25 years without problems. This will in theory allow Google to target a larger swath of the population. In practice, it simply takes something useful away from the rest of us. It's "digital ochlocracy": The targeting of the least common denominator to the detriment of those with greater knowledge or expertise.