> Lets Encrypt was released to the public in 2014 and by like... 2019 basically all of the internet was HTTPS. This is apples and oranges: absolutely zero soft

> Lets Encrypt was released to the public in 2014 and by like... 2019 basically all of the internet was HTTPS. This is apples and oranges: absolutely zero software upgrades needed to be done to get HTTPS going and/or Let's Encrypt running. I was able to get LE going on our F5 appliances in a few working days with zero changes to the base system/appliance software by simply installing the dehydrated ACME client and all of a sudden dozens of sites where we previously didn't want to pay for a cert were "secure". Network hardware can stay in place for quite a while. Our previous generation of core switches lasted us 7 years before we swapped them out. I wouldn't be surprised some of the mega-chassis routers in ISPs and other telcos sit around as long.