Well, we do support full-HTTPS, it just isn&#x27;t required.<p>If it were, PS would have been unusable to anyone with Firefox and Avast&#x2F;BitDefender&#x2F;etc.<p>It also allows image embeds. Users often share HTTP images in the chatrooms, which browsers using the HTTPS site complain about.<p>For some weird reason, Google Chrome doesn&#x27;t support data-URIs in HTTPS when using HTML5 drag-and-drop to drag files from a website to the desktop, which requires an annoying workaround.<p>In addition, most people wanting to set up a third-party PS server don&#x27;t want to go through the hassle of acquiring a certificate. It makes the setup process a lot more complicated than just &quot;clone the repository and run .&#x2F;pokemon-showdown&quot;