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>Given that Chrome has moved to dropping the `http://` from its address bar

Uh, if you try to copy it, Chrome prepends the http://. It's only a visual effect, it still pastes full links.




Yes, but lots of people simply type links rather than copy-pasting. If you don't see the `http://`, you are less likely to remember to type it.




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