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The indirect costs of switching to HTTPS (like lost advertisement revenue) make it a inviable solution This doesn't entirely make sense. I'm sure it's possible
by jackson_1 10y ago
The indirect costs of switching to HTTPS (like lost advertisement revenue) make it a inviable solution
This doesn't entirely make sense. I'm sure it's possible to serve adverts on a HTTPS page, and let's encrypt is hardly expensive
- eightysix_four 10y ago> I'm sure it's possible to serve adverts on a HTTPS page Yes, you can, but you lose a tremendous amount of ad revenue and a number of ad providers still don't support HTTPS.
- AjithAntony 10y agoIs this becuase all the third party assets and scripts would need to be HTTPS as well? If they weren't then you get that browser warning about mixed content?
- cortesoft 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11803716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11803716 Too many ad buyers don't have https support, so the number of bidders for the ad space is lower, meaning a lower price per ad.