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Last update: Friday July 10, 2020; 7:09 PM GMT+0500. Google and HTTP Google is a guest on the web, as we all are. Guests don't make the rules. What is this?# I've been writing about Google's efforts to deprecate HTTP, the protocol of the web. This is a summary of why I am opposed to it. DW# Their pitch# Advocates of deprecating HTTP make three main points: # Something bad could happen to my pages in transit from a server to the user's web browser. # It's not hard to convert to HTTPS and it doesn't cost a lot.# Google is going to warn people about my site being "not secure." So if I don't want people to be scared away, I should just do what they want me to do.# Why this is bad# The web is an open platform, not a corporate platform.# It is defined by its stability. 25-plus years and it's still going strong.# Google is a guest on the web, as we all are. Guests don't make the rules.# Why this is bad, practically speaking# A lot of the web consists of archives. Files put in places that no o

Last update: Friday July 10, 2020; 2:09 PM GMT+0000. Google and HTTP Google is a guest on the web, as we all are. Guests don't make the rules. I've been writing about Google's efforts to deprecate HTTP, the protocol of the web. This is a summary of why I am opposed to it. DW# Something bad could happen to my pages in transit from a server to the user's web browser. # It's not hard to convert to HTTPS and it doesn't cost a lot.# Google is going to warn people about my site being "not secure." So if I don't want people to be scared away, I should just do what they want me to do.# The…

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