If URLs get hidden in such a way, developers are going to stop caring about them. This is going to result in experiences like we get with apps like Facebook, wh

If URLs get hidden in such a way, developers are going to stop caring about them. This is going to result in experiences like we get with apps like Facebook, which doesn’t have any conceivable way to get back to certain content. Think single page apps that never have any URL changes. Of course the brass at Google is incredibly short sighted and clumsy in their approach. All the good people at Google are gone and we’re left with the dredges and it’s starting to show.