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I have a feeling of dread about Firefox version 57.

Https Everywhere https://www.eff.org/files/https-everywhere-test/index.html

Privacybadger's release edition already is.

I haven't measured it, so this is somewhat subjective but yes, I could see a noticeable (although very small - nowhere near ~6 seconds) speed-up after disabling HTTPS Everywhere. In addition it was the most memory hungry of my addons (although I don't use much, just it, NoScript, uBlock Origin, Canvas Blocker, and VideoDownloadHelper), taking about ~12 Mb, as reported by Firefox.

Also a significant number of sites broke for me, and disabling the rule for that site would fix the issue. I think it's showing its age, and besides it's becoming less useful in an increasingly https centric Web. Am hoping the rewrite/refactoring necessary for migration to WebExtensions can help improve its performance too.

Are you using the 32-bit version of Firefox? It's the default version that is shown unless you specifically choose the 64-bit version.

I've heard Smart https is more resources efficient than https everywhere.

if you mean HSTS preloading then yes

Seems like Google has done a pretty decent job of 'pushing' most sites towards secure sockets.

This, along with a lot more companies being hacked, blackmailed, extorted, etc - costing them real money - seems to have solved the problem for 99% of sites.

Unless it's a personal blog or something, I won't even use a site not using encryption.

Is HttpsEverywhere even needed anymore, or just used out of habit?