I understand what you're saying, requiring SSL doesn't seem like too much of a burden superficially. But it's magnitudes harder and more frustration inducing th

I understand what you're saying, requiring SSL doesn't seem like too much of a burden superficially. But it's magnitudes harder and more frustration inducing than simply buying a domain. My website is protected by the cheapest certificate on that list, and it was a gigantic pain to set up. Also, only the root subdomain on my site is protected -- I have things on other subdomains which I can't encrypt because $10 dollars a year quickly adds up.