Chrome 63 changing http to https

Question

Does using Chrome v.63 force use of https?

I am running Apache 2.4.27 on a Windows 10 desktop as a sandbox where I can experiment and do some tutorials. I have a vi

Answer 1

Google owns the .dev TLD and with Chrome 63 they are forcing HTTPS on all requests to anything.dev

I went through my local dev setup and replaced all references to .dev with .local, works fine now.

Your other option is to use Firefox for local development. .dev now triggers https in FF (since before FF61) with a workaround

Edit (asside): I have switched to using .localhost for dev as browsers allow navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition() (blocked if site is not HTTPS).