Having to pay a substantial fee for a certificate that assures you own a domain is insane. This technology needs to be improved. Encrypted and authenticated HT

Having to pay a substantial fee for a certificate that assures you own a domain is insane. This technology needs to be improved. Encrypted and authenticated HTTP connection should be a default not a premium feature that site owners need to pay for. Why wild card certs are so much more expensive than single domain certs? From CA's infrastructure and verification point of view there shouldn't be any additional cost associated with issuing a wild card cert.