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by tremon 1251 days ago
That analogy is a bit off because the certificate problem is on the supplier's side, not the customer's. A more apt analogy would be "no you can't see the doctor today, because their passport expired yesterday".
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"The doctor is two minutes late, therefore all appointments today have been cancelled."
"The doctor's malpractice insurance expired yesterday, therefore the doctor cannot risk seeing you today even for this very routine appointment."
> The doctor's malpractice insurance expired yesterday

certs are not malpractice insurances though, they simply say that who you say are is who you say you are, which doesn't change when the cert expires.

Ids expire only to remind people to update their personal data and the picture on them.

And to remind the State to do a bit of background check once in a while, but even passports last 10 years.