Ok, so what is WebSockets providing that you don't get from TLS? In a browser context, I see the value; browsers are very constrained, so you use what's offere

Ok, so what is WebSockets providing that you don't get from TLS? In a browser context, I see the value; browsers are very constrained, so you use what's offered. In a non-browser context, I don't see the value. If you need to support mixed use, you could go either way and that's fine, too.