The idea isn't to use more simple tools, but to create an environment where only simple tools can be used. Http was made to transport documents to people (or m

The idea isn't to use more simple tools, but to create an environment where only simple tools can be used. Http was made to transport documents to people (or machines) requesting them. Then images. Then form submissions. Now, try going to a website where all you're trying to do is read some text and see what you get. The vast majority of web browsing to this day is people trying to read text. Yet the vast majority of links you click go to great lengths to do things other than deliver you text. Wouldn't you say, at least for that use case, that a more restrictive protocol would make everyone's lives a little better? It is not enough to just write documents without the megabytes of cruft packed in, you must make it so that to reach people you cannot pack megabytes of cruft into your documents.