Yes, let's protect users visiting public available information from all the malicious eavesdroppers, while still posting all page requests to Google analytics...
While protecting visitors' information from malicious eavesdroppers doesn't change the fact that the site they are visiting may willingly be sending such data to a third party, it does prevent malicious eavesdroppers.
There are several levels of trust involved. HTTPS goes a great length to ensure that the link between the client and the server is not compromised. That the service may be malicious itself or unconcerned with privacy is a different problem that you have to solve in some other way. That doesn't make secure connections any less of a problem.
There are several levels of trust involved. HTTPS goes a great length to ensure that the link between the client and the server is not compromised. That the service may be malicious itself or unconcerned with privacy is a different problem that you have to solve in some other way. That doesn't make secure connections any less of a problem.