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Also even for HTTPS adoption - it was introduced in 1994, and in 2010 even major websites like google and facebook were basically only bothering to secure their login page which is how Firesheep came to be. It was only really that illustration of the business need that caused anyone to start bothering, and despite that demonstration, adoption was below 50% as late as 2018


Also, lots of places and software are "stuck" at HTTP/1.1 when HTTP/2 and 3 are already out. Why are they stuck at something that came out in 1997?

Presumably it would be far easier to upgrade/replace your webserver, loadbalancers and clients than replacing all routers on your ISPs.




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