> By SaaS I meant company offering subdomains/custom domains that needs LE - not LE itself.
Ahhh, sorry, my misunderstanding. (But an alternative comment - it's not that those SaaS companies "need LE", it's just that they want free ssl certs. I _want_ free Tesla's - my local Tesla dealership doesn't care... That doesn't make their prices "ridiculously high", it a problem with my expectations.)
> LE is not a charity. It's a business.
Not sure I (or they) agree with you there:
"Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. Let’s Encrypt is a service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)."
"Consider becoming a sponsor or simply donate via PayPal."
Sure there's a wide grey line between "a business", "a 501c non-profit", and "a charity" - but if your revenue stream comes from a "please donate or sponsor us" link, not your product's pricing (whether that's a thing/service you sell, or the privacy of your free users you're selling), I think you're a lot closer to the "charity" end of that line than the "business" end.
By SaaS I meant company offering subdomains/custom domains that needs LE - not LE itself. It's not a SaaS company to being with.
> They're giving their service away for free.
LE is not a charity. It's a business.