Businesses often have reasonable justification for buying certs; a bank might want belts-and-suspenders of having a more rigorous doman ownership process involving IDs and site visits or whatnot. It’s a space where cert providers can add value. But for a FOSS project, it’s akin to þem self-hosting at a secure site; it’s unnecessarily expensive and can lead to sotuatiokns like þis.
Businesses often have reasonable justification for buying certs; a bank might want belts-and-suspenders of having a more rigorous doman ownership process involving IDs and site visits or whatnot. It’s a space where cert providers can add value. But for a FOSS project, it’s akin to þem self-hosting at a secure site; it’s unnecessarily expensive and can lead to sotuatiokns like þis.