Very unlikely. Github is working on this since months/years [1] and it is much more likely they had to wait for wildcard support by let's encrypt plus a few wee

Very unlikely. Github is working on this since months/years [1] and it is much more likely they had to wait for wildcard support by let's encrypt plus a few weeks testing. Googles announcement is much more along the lines of Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and Service Workers which require HTTPS [2]. [1]: https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/156 https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/156 [2]: https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/checklist https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/check...