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Before you could use ips, or alternative name system, or just private/personal DNS.

This will not work anymore as the https will require to have an official/qualified domain name.

Look at the case of the .dev domain names that were used by a lot of persons, and suddenly google bought the top domain and enforced https mandatory for it in chrome to ensure that no one else could use it anymore.

Also, imagine if the next step is to check that only "approved/legitimate" top domains, respecting some Google policies, are allowed for your own safety...



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