That's a little paranoid. Let's see, we'll completely ruin our rep and our core business activity just so you're forced to donate--not to us, but to this open source group over here. Dude, put down the pipe.
Isn't it exactly what they are doing, though? The only reason you would want HTTPS is to prevent MITM attacks. By making it a premium feature, they are making MITM attack mitigation a premium feature.
