[davewiner]

They're breaking the web. That's the point.

All other arguments you're presenting about HTTPS being easy (it is, have you tried Caddy) are moot. It's the sites that were made before Google took over control that aren't maintained that are at issue. And the idea that a for-profit company that no one should trust is saying they're the only ones you have to trust.

And the fact that many of us adopted the web because it was a platform that no company controlled. If it had been presented as Google's platform I would have run the other way and would have advised you to do the same. But now I'm invested. My freedom as a developer depends on the integrity of the web. And a web controlled by Google isn't the web.

Google has a nasty habit of taking control of open protocols and then trashing them.

Roll up your sleeves, make some quiet time and actually READ THE DOCUMENT.

http://this.how/googleAndHttp

Breaking the web is the issue folks.

[pixl97]

I click the link but it keeps showing me porn and asks for my Google username and password. That's some weird content to post to hackernews.

[nlewycky]

I can't READ THE DOCUMENT because it isn't on the web. Do you have an https link? Or a mirror somewhere on the web?

[gkbrk]

Works on a few machines / connections I tried. Perhaps you should switch to a better browser or change your ISP if they don't let you visit websites that are on the web.