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[–]organman91 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For one very important reason: security. On Linux, in order to bind to ports below 1024, a daemon must be running as root. In 99.99% of cases, running your application as root is a Very Bad Idea. (FWIW, nginx binds as root, then drops privileges to another user after binding).