Encryption Everywhere: Symantec Announce Free DV SSL Certs

There's a PDF in the third link going to Symantec's website, is that meant to be their official announcement? There are some pretty hefty conditions on this 'offer' and I wouldn't be surprised to see many opt to integrate Let's Encrypt into their hosting platform.

Look at this garbage, it's hardly appealing:

  Program requirements
  To participate in the Encryption Everywhere program partners must meet the following requirements:
   Be a partner in the Symantec Website Security Partner Program
   Agrees to an annual sales commitment
   Be a Hosting Provider or sell to a Hosting Provider who has at least 200,000 websites under management
   Enable DNS authentication
   Commit to execute regular campaigns to achieve agreed upon upsell targets
   Participate in quarterly marketing and business planning
   Bundle encryption into web hosting packages
   Provide first-level support to your customers
   Provide marketing and implementation support to your resellers, if any