&gt; because we believe that many people don&#x27;t have the expertise or inclination to do it on their own.<p>So they&#x27;ve set-up a server or VPS, installed a web server and possibly a CMS, configured virtual hosts and appropriate users, hooked-up an RDBMS but... SSL is too hard?<p>Don&#x27;t kid yourself, most hobbyists are keen on Let&#x27;s Encrypt because it&#x27;s free.<p>People who really don&#x27;t have knowledge or inclination for SSL configuration will be waiting for an option on their hosting provider&#x27;s control panel. They don&#x27;t have root shell access.