Like the TSA at the airport.
Security that we never needed before, but now suddenly we do.
Now we’re dependent on a third party gatekeeper for permission to have a web site.
Free, for now.
It’s a move by the weasels-that-be to turn the Internet into yet another tool for profit and control.
I have HTTPS on all my services and the only third-party involved is Let’s Encrypt.
If I really wanted to, I could create my own authority and certificates, and as long as people connecting to it trusted my authority they’ll have encrypted and trusted connections without any third party involved.