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> Switch to a better ISP, problem solved.

There are a lot of people in this world who can choose between exactly one ISP.

There are a lot of people who can choose between exactly one supermarket.

Should you equip everyone in the world with an e-coli tester? You know, it's super-easy for a supermarket employee to infect your food with e-coli!

Some problems don't need a technical solution, okay?

In 2022, the strongest possible argument against using HTTPS is "it's not strictly necessary". That's it. It's not expensive, it's not hard, it's not slow. The worst case is you've done something unnecessary for most people (arguably).

Yeah, if "e-coli testers" were free, easy to distribute, and consumed no resources, including them with every supermarket purchase would be a great idea.

Also if it has been proven that, given a chance, many supermarkets have and still actively do inject e-coli into their foods because they are able to profit off of it somehow, then the "e-coli testers" would be an even better idea.

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