Binary vs. text is one dimension and it shouldn't be conflated with the overall alleged complexity of the HTTP/2.0 proposal. You can have robust and non-robust

Binary vs. text is one dimension and it shouldn't be conflated with the overall alleged complexity of the HTTP/2.0 proposal. You can have robust and non-robust binary protocols. I don't buy the "argument from visibility", for example. HTTPS and DNS are both binary protocols and you need tools to parse them in order to get telnet-like visibility. Does that mean when it comes to those protocols "we are forced to rely on other tools to hide the underlying complexity and dumb things down to a point where they are manageable", as the author says?