Help thread for DST Root CA X3 expiration (September 2021)

Hello,

"If you run a typical website, you won’t notice a difference - the vast majority of your visitors will still accept your Let’s Encrypt certificate."

Based on my Analytics, I still have a good % of users on Android < 7.1 and iOS < 10.

Sure, "vast majority" of the users will be accepting the new certificates, but a good significant amount will be affected.

"To make sure the certificates we issue are trusted on older devices, we also have a “cross-signature” from an older root certificate: DST Root CA X3."
"DST Root CA X3 will expire on September 30, 2021."

I understand your position, and that this is the reason.

However (and I apologize for the ignorance), is there no workaround for this, such as cross-signing to some other older widely accepted root CA that is still active?

Are other certificates such as Comodo, Verisign, etc, being affected by the same problem?

Thank you!

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