[Killswitch]

$5/mo shared hosting plan where you're walled and can't do anything you want, or $5/mo VPS at Digital Ocean where you have SSH enabled by default and can install anything you want.

of course, people don't have the bucks to shell out for that. I get it.

[mschuster91]

> of course, people don't have the bucks to shell out for that. I get it.

they don't know better. Don't forget what the base of most Wordpress and Drupal setups is - people with barely enough skill to do a FTP push, download and install a theme from Themeforest and done.

or they can't pay because nearly every US startup/service accepts credit cards only (which is not widespread in Europe) and no one really trusts Paypal.

[Killswitch]

> they don't know better. Don't forget what the base of most Wordpress and Drupal setups is

Considering the audience of HN, I am astounded by the amount of people who complain about a PHP package being on Composer, yet they all use NodeJS, Go, and other things that require more than modern PHP and Composer does.

[gravypod]

Most people are not likely to know how to manage a VPS. There is a fundamental difference.

A managed hosting company does something important for you. They manage!

For the average user, this is something they need if they want to start a small business or a website for a project and want to have SSL while doing so. Integrating this with some form of tutorial for the average user makes this tool amazing.