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by nacs 2627 days ago
> I built an app that's used on thousands of Android devices in an industrial setting

If its that important to you or if its a commercial offering in an 'industrial setting', you should have no problems acquiring a cheap SSL certificate from another source. You can literally get them as low as $6 a year right now.

LE provides a great service and continues to do so. If you want to nitpick, then jump to a 'competitor'.

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> If you want to nitpick, then jump to a 'competitor'

Sure, I can solve the problem by switching to a different CA, or by adding the ISRG root cert to each device.

But this is a problem that didn't need to happen. I blame myself for not anticipating it when I selected LE.

And I blame LE for cross-signing with a root cert that expires so soon. Not a good choice for a new CA that will take many years to be trusted on most devices.