I think a simpler argument would be that small web is not a good fit if your content is sensitive in the place you are publishing from. It’s meant for public publishing. If you need encryption, use a different distribution mechanism.

That is not the only protection that HTTPS offers. US ISPs used to inject ads into HTML HTTP responses.

Can all this performative love for unencrypted HTTP just die already. You’ve all forgotten what it was actually like, and what the drawbacks actually are. This is so tiring.