Standing on our own two feet
> Without IdenTrust, Let’s Encrypt may have never happened and we are grateful to them for their partnership.<p>What I have never understood is why IdenTrust accepted to cross-sign Let’s Encrypt's root certificate.<p>With that move, IdenTrust basically broke the CA cartel and helped driving the price of basic certificates to zero. How did they, as a for-profit organization, justify "doing the right thing" when that meant disrupting their own market?<p>Anyway, kudos to IdenTrust.