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This question probably stems from misunderstanding what case sensitivity is. Being case insensitive does **not** mean only allowing one case - in fact, it implies the opposite! If one case was treated differently from the other, that would be the definition of case sensitivity.
~~What case insensitivity means is that they are treated as equivalent, i.e. GOOGLE.com is considered "the same as" google.com.~~

This question probably stems from misunderstanding what case sensitivity is. Being case insensitive does **not** mean only allowing one case - in fact, it implies the opposite! If one case was treated differently from the other, that would be the definition of case sensitivity.
What case insensitivity means is that they are treated as equivalent, i.e. GOOGLE.com is considered "the same as" google.com.
> **Note from OP**:
> As Moshi pointed out, I conflated the concepts of "case-sensitivity" and "case of letters":
>
> The"scheme" component and the "host" authority sub-component being **case-insensitive** means that they can contain letters of any cases, but an implementation should treat "scheme" and "host" values, respectively, as identical if they only differ in the cases of the letters contained. (See `ALPHA`'s definition in [Section 1.3 Syntax Notation][2].)
[1]: https://[](https://software.codidact.com/posts/291216/291217#answer-291217)
[2]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.1

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