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Re:Intent to deprecate: Insecure HTTP by blowski on Monday April 13, 2015 @03:11PM (#9369725)
Their customer service is appalling, but you pay for what you get.

The original point was that requiring HTTPS would mean free-to-host HTTP services would go out of business as it was impossible to provide free HTTPS certificates, and in that sense, StartSSL proves them wrong.

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Re:Intent to deprecate: Insecure HTTP by yellowapple on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @10:33PM (#9378585)
Not if those free-to-host HTTP services are commercial entities; StartSSL's free certificates can't be used commercially per their terms of service.

And if StartSSL is the only option, then I'm sticking to HTTP. They're a nightmare to deal with even for non-commercial use, let alone commercial.

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