https://www.toptal.com/mobile/comparing-react-native-to-cordova
After having read this post, I must say it gives you a really good explanation on the differences between React Native and Cordova.
I haven't coded PHP for a long time, but ok.
By the means of "die out soon", then I mean the language itself, and not it's environment, jobs or whatsoever.
PHP is already dead by now, but it's still a highly anticipated coding language.
There's a reason why big game engines like Unreal prefer...
You're simply just "recording" request headers which can be done on any website, so SSL or not that is pretty useless, as it only works for your network.
Using CF Flexible SSL doesnt protect shit neither.
What you're doing doesnt matter if they have SSL or not, since you're just checking the request headers that you sent.