why some old stream urls fail

There was a query about old apps linked to our old stream urls failing.

Copy-pasting from my reply - 

The earlier stream urls like
http://stream.radiosai.org:8000 etc do still work, but since they are http and not https, many browsers like Chrome may block those links. Also, the earlier radiosai apps (both official as well as unofficial) used the http links and not https, so as and when Android / iOS upgrade their security practices, they may block those urls.

Additionally, may BSNL routers do http hijacking for ads. This also would disrupt http streaming, while https would be fine.

As things stand now, if someone wishes to bookmark the streams, they can use the following:

https://stream.sssmediacentre.org/asia - for Prasanthi Stream
https://stream.sssmediacentre.org/bhajan - for Bhajan Stream
https://stream.sssmediacentre.org/discourse - for Discourse Stream
https://stream.sssmediacentre.org/telugu - for Telugu Stream

Additionally, there were some queries about using the streams with Google Home devices, Google Assistant actions etc. 

As far as I could make out, Google has stopped support for "Conversational Actions" - so, the way to listen to those streams via Google Home devices etc might be to create a Chromecast enabled web app, and to use that to stream. Or perhaps this Custom Web Receiver. This might require registering for the SDK or something like that. Or maybe it will work with a Chrome plugin like this one? Or this one for Firefox?