It must be this. They haven't given a single positive reason, except "users need not concern them with this information", which is so vague it's not even a reason.
Google is still (partly) a search engine, and people interacting with the address bar is pretty much the opposite of using a search engine. So Google wants to discourage that. They will never teach users how URLs work, how to read them and definitely not how to construct them, because it makes people less dependent on their search engine.
Think about it. Even the security part. Google wants to be the arbiter of what is secure and what is trustworthy. Anything that lets users figure this out for themselves, or that can be mediated without Google coming in between, takes away from this power.
They don't show http/https any more, just a coloured lock icon. The meaning of that lock icon is for Google to decide, unlike the meaning of http/https.
Now they take away information from the address bar, claiming it is irrelevant and none of our concern. They just want you to click on the links in their search engine, or some app or assistant thing.
One thing it is NOT about though, is distraction. If anyone knows that users can tune out irrelevant information perfectly fine, it's Google. They are an advertising network, after all.
It must be this. They haven't given a single positive reason, except "users need not concern them with this information", which is so vague it's not even a reason.
Google is still (partly) a search engine, and people interacting with the address bar is pretty much the opposite of using a search engine. So Google wants to discourage that. They will never teach users how URLs work, how to read them and definitely not how to construct them, because it makes people less dependent on their search engine.
Think about it. Even the security part. Google wants to be the arbiter of what is secure and what is trustworthy. Anything that lets users figure this out for themselves, or that can be mediated without Google coming in between, takes away from this power.
They don't show http/https any more, just a coloured lock icon. The meaning of that lock icon is for Google to decide, unlike the meaning of http/https.
Now they take away information from the address bar, claiming it is irrelevant and none of our concern. They just want you to click on the links in their search engine, or some app or assistant thing.
One thing it is NOT about though, is distraction. If anyone knows that users can tune out irrelevant information perfectly fine, it's Google. They are an advertising network, after all.