You're right. It's not literally the same. However, it is effectively identical. It is absolutely trivial for even a 5 year old to click a button and perform

You're right. It's not literally the same. However, it is effectively identical. It is absolutely trivial for even a 5 year old to click a button and perform a downgrade attack on this type of an https:// https:// connection. That is why accepting any self-signed certificates should be treated identically to http:// http:// connections.