While I do think this is an important conversation to have, and part of an even more important conversation about how much control Google/Chrome has over the we

While I do think this is an important conversation to have, and part of an even more important conversation about how much control Google/Chrome has over the web, I grudgingly disagree. I think signed data is table stakes for any communication over the internet, and encryption in most cases. Let's Encrypt/ACME make encryption accessible enough in theory. That said, we're not there yet. Domain names still need to be easier to buy and use, and more software should use ACME by default (like Caddy does).