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People always tout StartCom as a free provider (which is really great) but they forget to mention that it's only free for personal use. StartCom offers the fre

• finnn 12y ago
  Right, and for anything that is commercial, a <$10/yr SSL certificate shouldn't be a huge deal. It's not perfect, it should all be free, but saying cost is a barrier is BS, in my opinion.
  • MichaelApproved 12y ago
    < $10/year is generally if you go with a 3rd party seller. Trying to install that, as a non-technical person, is usually very hard. The 1-click installations that are provided by the hosts are usually more than that. Yes, even $50/year for a business in not that big a deal but so much of the market has international users where $50 is really expensive. There are also small time hobby/businesses where $50 makes an impact.