[Uvix]

The people installing the certs aren't necessarily the people buying the certs. I can't do anything to automate the cert purchases at my current workplace; that's a separate team that I have no control or influence over.

Shorter expiration times just mean they send me an email with the new .pfx every 4 months instead of every 12.

[TheCoelacanth]

If they had to do that every 2 months instead of every 12, they might get tired enough of it to fix their broken process.