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LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #54

My old company used Logmein professionally to remotely manage 100s of computers for many years before switching to ConnectWise. They had a great product for a long time but some of the worse licensing decisions I've ever seen. It went from being completely free to several thousand dollars overnight without any additional features, support, etc being offered. And meanwhile development was stagnant with only weird chan…

Great product, hundreds of computers for professional purposes, and "several thousand dollars" is a sticking point? Why?

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

#65
post #7

Bitwarden is a nice alternative. And you can self-host the server part if you want. edit: LastPass is owned by LogMeIn, that's why I mention this alternative.

It is. I’ve migrated from LastPass a few months ago. The only thing missing is being able to cycle between multiple accounts when auto-filling forms via keyboard shortcut. It’s capable of Custom fields too!

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #54

My old company used Logmein professionally to remotely manage 100s of computers for many years before switching to ConnectWise. They had a great product for a long time but some of the worse licensing decisions I've ever seen. It went from being completely free to several thousand dollars overnight without any additional features, support, etc being offered. And meanwhile development was stagnant with only weird chan…

Great product, hundreds of computers for professional purposes, and "several thousand dollars" is a sticking point? Why?

Because people never like to pay more for something that was free... Also makes accounting mad

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #3

LastPass... :-(

1Password is better and unlikely to be acquired. They are quite profitable on their own.

Why is 1password unlikely to be acquired? I’m sure its owners would like to be billionaires just like everyone else. They’ve already accepted VC funding, and VCs definitely want to be billionaires.

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #7

Bitwarden is a nice alternative. And you can self-host the server part if you want. edit: LastPass is owned by LogMeIn, that's why I mention this alternative.

1Password is also very good, and has native apps compared to Bitwarden's Electron-based ones.

Unfortunately 1password is the only one that doesn't give me headaches while using it cross-platform. I wish I could use an open alternative with an equal UX.
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