Yeah the hiding of the protocol in the URL was a pain to deal with. I updated Chrome today and looks like there's a way to turn this off:

1. Enable chrome://flags/#omnibox-context-menu-show-full-urls

2. Right click the address bar

3. Select 'Always show full URLs'

Instead of seeing: news.ycombinator.com You'll now see: https://news.ycombinator.com

I made a Tell HN post about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23322705