And this way you won't know if your page is AMP, or just a webpage (since amp follows www in things they are hiding). I strongly suspect that this (and the eve

And this way you won't know if your page is AMP, or just a webpage (since amp follows www in things they are hiding). I strongly suspect that this (and the eventual goal of making the whole web hosted by Google) is actually the rationale behind the decision. Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17927972 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17927972 Also, training the user to treat the URL as text, so that you search for domains (type "amazon" instead of "amazon.com"), is better for them. The "URL" bar is for Chrome also a search bar (and every domain you enter is sent to Google "for search suggestions").