De-emphasizing is fine, hiding alltogether is not -- for both protocols and subdomains.
amazon.de is visible on focus it's https://www.amazon.de
Regardless of how you feel about the change, it does indeed hide 'www.' to the point where a power user could easily be fooled that it was the naked domain.
Edit: Here's a demo of how it works: https://www.useloom.com/share/f7d71b95d75b4c4582bb38cdc84326...