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by CydeWeys 3201 days ago
The house analogy doesn't really work as you could always install a stove. A better example would be "Why would you buy a plot of land that is zoned residential if you can't build an office building on it?" The answer is that you know what you're getting into before you buy it, and so you'd only buy it if you were building a house. If the restrictions are known up front then it's all good. I'd also like to point out that HSTS has very real security benefits, and if the entire TLD is already on the list then you don't have to go through the hassle of adding all your domains individually and waiting months for those updates to roll out widely. The expectation is that the pros vastly outweigh the cons.