> There definitely are use-cases where HTTP would be faster/cheaper/easier/simpler/etc, but the move to ban HTTP takes all that in to account, and argues that banning it is still a good idea because the implications for privacy are simply more important than any of those issues.

Where are these arguments? I haven't seen any argument that acknowledges that we are losing a big part of what made the web initially great; that it was dead simple to create your own website.

I'd respect the https-only crowd if they would acknowledge this as a legitimate big loss. But instead they seem to ignore it. I think they are just ignorant to the needs of anyone but their large corporate employers.