Re: stuck on HTTP
"Has someone assumed that all websites are eCommerce sites?"
There's a case for any site which demands a login to comment on articles, or worse, read them. Think of plain text passwords, and the way folks reuse the same password across sites.
But why should anyone running a site which doesn't offer logins offer https?
"I suppose you would if you were the largest advertising company on the planet, in which case you probably do only think in terms of eCommerce."
They've been guilty of that for a long time.