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This site is served over TLS for me, and I don't see HTTP-only sites as a trend, but there are a couple reasons to forego SSL:

1. Decentralization

2. Better performance

Opting out of SSL is fine for static sites that don't handle any kind of authentication.

Why is a lack of SSL a form of centralization?

I'm meant things are less centralized without SSL - I worded my other comment wrong, edited now.

What trend? It's served over TLS for me.. DV cert from Let's Encrypt.

It might try and load a webfont over http:// but any decent browser will just refuse to load that sub-resource.

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

Update, some how I commented on the wrong thread.