How to copy URLs of websites you are visiting, and display them as if on PC, while on Android?

[Android Central Question]

Dear Android Central,

When I woke up this morning, I could no longer copy web addresses in the Google browser on Android. This basic feature has been removed. What the hell! Likewise, I could no longer view websites as if on a PC. That basic feature has also been removed.

Dumbing down and primitivization of previously perfectly usable tech is taking place at a frightening rate.

Please help me get any use out of my phone for browsing: What apps or alternative browsers are there, that allow copying of links and viewing webpages as if on PC?

Otherwise I must stop using the phone as a work and research tool.

Thanks in advance.

 

[hallux]

In Chrome? If I tap in the address bar it acts as though it's a blank tab and has a blank address bar, but it drops the address below that bar and gives options for copying and sharing the address. It is a bit of an odd implementation, but that's how it's working on my Pixel 4a 5G.

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[hallux]

Here are 2 screenshots showing what I mean, one is the page itself, the other is after I tapped in the address bar.

 

[methodman89]

Clear the cache partition and reboot the phone. Good luck

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! In Chrome, another easy way to copy the URL is to tap the Menu button, then Share, then Copy Link.

I certainly wouldn't call this "dumbing down and primitivization.":-\