Considering the entire post is whining about a free service, I don't get it. Who is forcing you to use letsencrypt? If you don't like it, buy a cert and insta

Considering the entire post is whining about a free service, I don't get it. Who is forcing you to use letsencrypt? If you don't like it, buy a cert and install it. If the certbot is too complicated or "pulls in too much cruft" then use a different client. https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh for example.