What is the modern simple and cheap way to set up a static HTTPS site with a custom domain? With HTTP this was doable with S3 for pennies a month; is S3+CloudFlare now the current price leader?
It used to be that graphic designers, photographers, families, etc. could set up a simple site with a shared host, an FTP client, and a bit of HTML. Now requiring HTTPS will push this further out of reach.
This content is now funneled into either managed platforms, either free ones that monetize it (Medium, Flickr, Facebook, etc.) or more expensive higher-touch services (SquareSpace, Wix, etc). The de-democratization of the web continues.
If your host hasn’t caught up with the times yet it’s very straight-forward to get this for free (along with other benefits) from cloudflare with a few clicks.
This is misinformed FUD.