> I'm sorry, but this simply isn't something a search engine should be dictating. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. If the announcement from Google had be

> I'm sorry, but this simply isn't something a search engine should be dictating. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. If the announcement from Google had been that they wouldn't want to use their considerable clout to promote SSL, they'd been criticized for putting their profits over improving the general long term health of the internet. > have provably done a horrible job of it in the past That's a single example of a new technology that didn't work out well. How about pioneering certificate pinning for a counter example? Nobody's perfect, if you never break anything it means you never try anything new. Also, websockets and SPDY isn't even close to "dictating" anything, it's a new technology that you can use or not use as you want to.