HTTPS (cert creation and auto-renewal) is trivial thanks to LetsEncrypt.
Flash/Java (applets, presumably) were never easier to deploy than HTML...
and deploying static sites continues to get easier and easier. See eg Netlify or Zeit/Now.
Autoplay is abused by advertisers and is a terrible UX. I get that you have a particular, outdated workflow and you'd prefer that nothing change, but really that ship sailed a long time ago.
Flash/Java (applets, presumably) were never easier to deploy than HTML... and deploying static sites continues to get easier and easier. See eg Netlify or Zeit/Now.
Autoplay is abused by advertisers and is a terrible UX. I get that you have a particular, outdated workflow and you'd prefer that nothing change, but really that ship sailed a long time ago.