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[–] Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google preferring https sites was the motivator I saw for client demands.

SEO scores feed into the PPC cost in AdWords so all of a sudden people were crying out for their sites to “have the padlock icon” because what’s 20 bucks for a cert when you’re spending thousands of dollars a month

[–] jazir5@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

And now it's free with stuff like Let's Encrypt.