Books, under normal conditions, will not decay by themselves either. However a librarian is still very much needed to preserve and organize them.
The main issue is that HTTPS as it is developing right now is the antithesis of HTTP1. Everything that HTTP1 relies on is defines as bad by HTTPS. Either we change the direction of HTTPS or we drop HTTP. We can't have both.
Of course, if the server is up and connected to the internet, it will always be accessible by browsers that can be configured to ignore the missing HTTPS features, as it is now. But as I said on a different comment we should not rely on this being here for much longer.
The main issue is that HTTPS as it is developing right now is the antithesis of HTTP1. Everything that HTTP1 relies on is defines as bad by HTTPS. Either we change the direction of HTTPS or we drop HTTP. We can't have both.
Of course, if the server is up and connected to the internet, it will always be accessible by browsers that can be configured to ignore the missing HTTPS features, as it is now. But as I said on a different comment we should not rely on this being here for much longer.