No, I remember an absolute load of ways it didn't just work, or worse, worked in silently incorrect or insecure ways. I think you get my point so I'll leave out the laundry list of things I remember being broken throughout the history of the world wide web. A TLS error here and there is not so bad :)

> Remember when the web just worked?

I don't think there's ever been a time where incorrect webserver configurations like that were impossible to make.

I remember when pretty much everything was http rather than https. It's better now.

Herd immunity is one perk.

It prevents anyone between you and the newspaper from inserting some js to turn your machine into a cannon targeting someone else.

"Need" may be a bit strong, but there are positive security externalities.

When has this ever actually happened? Would be curious if there are any good case studies.

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