You've got it backward. It is a boon for small players and troubles for large companies. Small players can easily get certificates manually or automate. The pl

You've got it backward. It is a boon for small players and troubles for large companies. Small players can easily get certificates manually or automate. The platforms/tools they use often give certificates out of the box (cloudflare, heroku, wordpress, etc...). Large players can't manage certificates. Developers/sysadmins can't use let's encrypt because it's prohibited by higher up and blocked. Even if they could use it, it's not supported by their older tools and devices. The last large company I worked for had no automation around certificates and the department that handled certificate requests was sabotaging attempts to automate, possibly out of fear of losing their jobs.