Hopefully the author explains how to use SSL/TLS since their site doesn’t :/

Your argument is that since it’s not convient or an exact substitution, we should continue supporting these companies that annoy us?

Understandable, we can only do what we are able to

Support your local baker and chocolate shop instead, big corporations aren’t your friend but your local small business owner could be

Flushed out?

it does taste gross

spot on!