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Re:Upcoming Changes to Let's Encrypt Certificates by gregoryl on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:38PM (#46281084)
They won't adopt Acme, as once a customer adopts it, the effort to transition to a new (free) provider is almost zero.

I expect they will introduce new, "more secure", proprietary methods, and ride the vendor lock-in until the paid certificate industries death.

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Re:Upcoming Changes to Let's Encrypt Certificates by ozim on Monday December 15, 2025 @05:50PM (#46281964)
Free providers have limits and this new time limitation will also play into that as there will be many more certificates to renew.

Large companies will keep on using paid providers also for business continuity in case free provider will fail. Also I don’t know what kind of SLA you have on let’s encrypt.

It is more complicated than „oh it is free let’s move on”.

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Re:Upcoming Changes to Let's Encrypt Certificates by oooyay on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @01:12AM (#46285343)
Most every modern "big company" I have worked for is leveraging LetsEncrypt in some capacity where appropriate; some definitely more than others. I don't think you're completely wrong but I also think you're being a bit dismissive.
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