> You don't need to know what kind of web server is running when you send a request and the WEB server don't need to know what kind of client is sending the request to answer.

Exactly. It’s not an API - it’s a way to transfer arbitrary blocks of data. Applications that use http have to build an API on top.

That’s why it’s not even close to a valid comparison, and yet it has still become extremely complex over time.

> Flawed is still better than no solution.

This not the case. In many cases flawed solutions simply fail.