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LetsEncrypt – Expiration Notification Service Has Ended

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181 points zdw | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 04:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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leakycap ◴[30 Jun 25 04:52 UTC] No.44419518[source]▶
One could say it expired.

> Providing expiration notifications costs Let’s Encrypt tens of thousands of dollars per year, money that we believe can be better spent on other aspects of our infrastructure.

Appreciate the honesty (they had other reasons, too! but emails are a pain and expensive at their scale)

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amenghra ◴[30 Jun 25 07:16 UTC] No.44420397[source]▶
They should just build a mobile app for the purpose of receiving these notifications. Make the app $2.99. Turn the expense into a profit. /s
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tuananh ◴[30 Jun 25 07:29 UTC] No.44420462[source]▶
what's the cost of sending notifications via mobile app? cheaper than email?
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1. tom1337 ◴[30 Jun 25 07:48 UTC] No.44420571[source]▶
at least for iOS there are no costs associated with using Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) but depending on the way you use it you either need to pay for the infrastructure that sends your notifications to Apple or for a service like OneSignal which does that for you. Not sure what the volume of LE is but I am pretty sure it's a smart move to focus on their core "business" (providing certificates) and let other handle expiration notifications.