This is ridiculous. Free SSL certificates have existed for a long time. And there is a lot of churn at the free end, driven by Let's Encrypt. I'd be shocked if

This is ridiculous. Free SSL certificates have existed for a long time. And there is a lot of churn at the free end, driven by Let's Encrypt. I'd be shocked if there aren't new —more convenient— domain level options provided by web hosts in the very near future. Maintaining a SSL certificate is only as important as maintaining the actual hosting.