I guess I should be more specific in my wording: I should have said "advocating for specific older specs" (i.e. HTTP). Not all older specs are worth advocating

I guess I should be more specific in my wording: I should have said "advocating for specific older specs" (i.e. HTTP). Not all older specs are worth advocating for. Security is unfortunately an arms race, which means that broadly speaking software-updates are important for anything network-connected. Using old hardware is thankfully still possible, but the idea of expecting a 12-year-old piece of software to securely connect you to the internet today is disconnected from the reality of the threat landscape we live in.