This was really difficult to parse, unusual for rachelbythebay. The article seems like it's ranting about Let's Encrypt (well it is a little). But a lot of the

This was really difficult to parse, unusual for rachelbythebay. The article seems like it's ranting about Let's Encrypt (well it is a little). But a lot of the criticism seems wrong. Ah, the critical quote: > But what about now? This isn't about Let's Encrypt. This is about me > finding a supposed alternative and going through the same process of due > diligence to understand just what I'd be getting into. Somehow, a couple > of weeks ago, *I found this other site which claimed to be better than LE* It's ranting about some other scummy service that's never mentioned by name! It's kind of a scam with accounts and logins and a free tier that only lets you do 3 90 day certificates. Rachel likes the web API better. Well, yeah you still want to steer clear of that! (is it https://zerossl.com/pricing/ https://zerossl.com/pricing/ perhaps?) So then why not circle back to LE? The reason nobody seems to care about the ACME protocol is that it does get the job done. And if you don't like the "certbot" client, which can be kind-of a pain, there are like 50 other implementations. https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/ https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/ So you might not be able to do wildcard domains and the renewal period is a relatively short 90 days (both by design), but it's trouble free and actually free with no draconian limits. https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/ https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/ Well, goodness please use whatever service you want. And if you dislike the code quality of LE enough to pay for a traditional certificate every 2 years, great. But it seems odd to be ranting about LE by name and then throwing a bunch of critiques about another different unnamed service in at the same time. If you gave up on LE in 2018, you might want to try again. It's honestly pretty decently simple to setup and feels pretty opinionated.