Just because it is accessible to you does not mean it is accessible to everyone else. HTTPS has many failure modes which make it unreliable for essential access

Just because it is accessible to you does not mean it is accessible to everyone else. HTTPS has many failure modes which make it unreliable for essential access, such as time mismatches, certificate expirations, ssl version mismatches, etc. Security and privacy are important, and they are also not absolute. Sometimes the risk is outweighed by the importance of being able to access essential resources and reading material.