Indeed. When it comes to technology, I think resiliency and robustness in general should trump almost all other concerns. It would be nice if HTTP were extend

Indeed. When it comes to technology, I think resiliency and robustness in general should trump almost all other concerns. It would be nice if HTTP were extended to accommodate the inverse of the Upgrade header. Something to signal to the server something like, "Please, I insist. I really need you to just serve me the content in clear text. I have my reasons." The server would of course be free to sign the response.