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		gbl08ma on April 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most StartSSL certs will stay compromised Things add up, you know... $20 for a cert, plus $10 for a domain, and not even taking into account the server, it's $30. Now imagine you have five or six side-projects, you may not be willing to spend $150 per year to maintain them, especially when you get little to nothing in return. It's not like every website must have a profitable business plan just to be online and secure...

korzun on April 9, 2014 [–]

That's still $2.50/per month and even less after a write off.

Multiply that by 6 projects and it will be $15 bucks per month.

drdaeman on April 10, 2014 | [–]

And in case one's living in a third-world country when their income is, say, $600/mo, I think $15/mo is a bit pricey.

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