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Oh yeah, I love having to manage sync conflicts in my password database because I was dumb enough to edit it on two separate computers that weren't both online at the same time.
Works best if you have an always on client. Easy if you have a VPS or a home lab, even a small one, a nuisance if you don't.
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Bitwarden is open-source though? This is about the hosted version of it, which has a free tier. But you can run the same software on your server at home if you want, for free. (That said, I am also concerned about the direction Bitwarden is taking. I just think this shows that even OSS projects can have direction/rugpull issues.)
You're right, though the friends and family that I would feel the need to recommend a password manager to aren't the type that would self-host their own servers.
I pay for a service for my family because I need reliable and easy for my wife and daughter to use it.
This new CEO is a massive red flag. Literally nothing about anything relevant to the product or industry, though he's apparently good at private equity and selling orgs.
Probably worth jumping ship now before it mutates into another shitty corporate org, except this one is keeping your passwords.
They also ruin software.
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> But you can run the same software on your server at home if you want, for free. Whats to say this will still be true if the company gets sold?
The fact that Vaultwarden exists?
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> But you can run the same software on your server at home if you want, for free. Whats to say this will still be true if the company gets sold?
Except that we do have Vaultwarden, so those who haven't already switched still have an option.
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The fact that Vaultwarden exists?
How long after a public sale will Bitwarden clients keep compatible with Vaultwarden? The new owners could put a check in all clients on the first day of ownership if they wanted, and Vaultwarden would immediately be obselete and useless.
Actually, the part of the article that made me prick my ears up was this paragraph: In February, longtime CEO Michael Crandell moved to an advisory role, according to LinkedIn, with no announcement from the company. His replacement, Michael Sullivan, former CEO of both Acquia and Insightsoftware, touts his experience with “all facets of mergers and acquisitions” on his own LinkedIn page, including experience working…