I can understand legacy CAs staying around as long as their existing customers keep paying. And I'm sure there will be an ongoing market for one or two other CAs specialising in the needs of big corporations.
But starting a new CA today, trying to sell a product that's available for free? You've gotta wonder where they think they're going to add value.
From the EFF
> The concern in this case is that DarkMatter has made its business spying on internet communications, hacking dissidents’ iPhones, and other cyber-mercenary work. DarkMatter’s business objectives directly depend on intercepting end-user traffic on behalf of snooping governments. Giving DarkMatter a trusted root certificate would be like letting the proverbial fox guard the henhouse.
Its also worth mentioning that the FF truststore is regularly used as the truststore in various flavors of Linux.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/cyber-mercenary-groups...
And yes, there are things LE doesn't yet offer. They still don't do EV, SANs, or wildcards do they?