The "Play free now" link on the LOTRO website (which points to https://signup.lotro.com/lotro.php) first redirects to https://trial.turbine.com/ab/lotro/, with the certificate for that site having expired months ago.
So you have to click past a scary warning to finally get redirected again to https://signup.lotro.com/lotro.php?f...940_1580151502 .
I think this might well keep new players from signing up...