Re: [Lynx-dev] TLS-"transport layer security" & LYNX

[David Woolley]

On 24/07/18 01:31, Mouse wrote:
> Actually, in my case, it's the fault of webservers that refuse to serve
> anything over HTTP except a redirect to HTTPS.  I neither have nor want
> HTTPS support.

They are just following an industry trend orchestrated by Google.  In 
particular, having a non-HTTPS site will result in appearing a long way 
down the Google search results.  Most sites are either their to sell 
something, or to sell people to advertisers, so they want a good google 
ranking.

Even when the contents is the primary reason for the site, hosting costs 
have to be paid, and that is often done by advertising.

It's difficult to get a good explanation for the policy, but my guess is 
that is the number of people accessing from mobile devices using public 
hot spots.