thanks to Let's Encrypt, it is easy for someone running their own server. But I think for regular folk running on a hosted service, who aren't comfortable with

thanks to Let's Encrypt, it is easy for someone running their own server. But I think for regular folk running on a hosted service, who aren't comfortable with command line and who won't even have the necessary permission, they are going to be stuck with what they have, and probably have their domain held hostage, so will be forced to pay for some crappy cert if they even wanted https.