[zero37z]

now the corporates got a valid point, why you dont want to use lets encrypt?

still the 33% of the devices is a quite a large number to consider.

[juliend2]

But like they said in the article, those 33% of Android phones represent "1-5% of the traffic" of the "large integrators" websites that LE communicated with.

[stefan_]

Well that's an easy choice, lose 1-5% of traffic or pay $100 for a certificate from a vendor whose root doesn't expire next year?

[fuzxi]

1-5% of traffic that comes from people using devices that are at least 4 years old. Someone who can't or won't upgrade from a phone that still uses Android Marshmallow is probably not bringing in much revenue.

[josephg]

Exactly. The “easy choice” is to drop support for those users. I suspect most web developers won’t even notice.

It’s a pity - there’s no essential reason why old phones with new batteries should get worse over time. But software kills them in so many ways.

[neop1x]

As long as this statement is true. They also dont's say who these big integrators are and the situation may be widely different between integrators and fields.