Honestly, this is one of those questions that pops up all the time, and for good reason! People get tripped up because they mix up what Tor and HTTPS actually do.
To put it simply: Tor hides who you are and where you’re connecting from, while HTTPS hides what you’re actually sending back and forth.
The reason people stress out about exit nodes is because of that last step on the Tor network. If you hit a regular HTTP site, whoever is running that exit node can literally see everything you type. But with HTTPS, even a sketchy exit node just sees scrambled gibberish—they can’t read your passwords or private chats.
So yeah, HTTPS saves you from nosey exit node operators, but it won’t save you if you log into your personal social media accounts or leak your real info. They’re two totally different layers of security, and you kind of need both!