Downloads include file types typically used for streaming audio inc. mp3 etc. So that would include a link to an http resource even if served from an https page, or mixed content as they call it. I wish I could find the Canary Dev comment, but it was in a conversation on a different topic, I will keep looking. Undoubtedly the "insecure page" warnings will get more dire, but reading the specs I cannot see how they could block http entirely because https sits on top of it, but they could make it very difficult to access.
https://support.stackpath.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040963152-Chrome-Ending-Support-for-HTTP-requests
There is more detail in the Canary Developer forums, it is not the warning page so much as the removal of the "proceed anyway" option
I've read it on a few different sites, I will endeavour to find some links. If you use Google Chrome go to chrome://settings/security you will see an optional use HTTPS or put up warning. The word from Canary testers is that the current option will be mandatory, and no way to proceed from the warning page. No doubt there will be a flag setting, but that's beyond the capability of the average user, and looking at Google's previous flag options they are soon removed. I don't know the situation with Firefox, but Chrome currently has around 65% market share.
Mark, do you have a source for this information? I can't find any recent announcement from any browser company on this topic.
Be interested to know where it has come from.
As well as geo-blocking stations outside the UK on the excellent site Radio Garden https://radio.garden/ another barrier to running your own streaming station is about to be implemented, this time by the browser companies.
Shortly they will not allow addresses of the form e.g. http://123.45.67.89/stream.mp3 all sites will require a security certificate and have the prefix https:// note the "s".
In order to get a certificate (which can be obtained free) you will need a domain on the DNS register so your stream will have to be, for example, https://example.com/stream.mp3 in other words, paid hosting for a hosting company that supports Icecast or Shoutcast server software. This raises the cost and will be out of reach or not worth the bother for many small stations.
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