[oolongCat]

It's not a question if its easy to do or not. Yes I prefer an encrypted connection over one that is not.

BUT! the point here is the op claims this is a shady practice to provide https to their paying customers.

A shady practice is if they take your personal information and sell it to another without telling you. Shady is when companies lie to their customers.

And this situation is not.

[chill1]

Fair enough. I don't think this is a "shady" practice either. But I think it's an old, out-dated practice to charge extra money for a feature that should be on by default.