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End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

#11
I am not happy about this. I like having the standalone Lockwise app on my Android phone as a password manager.

When the app is discontinued, will I still be able to use autofill in other apps?

And what about the apps where autofill doesn't work? Having to open my browser for every password I need to copy on my phone just seems clunky and stupid.

I'm so fucking sick of Mozilla breaking their UX flows for every damn thing. Just keep the app!

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

#12

I discovered recently that Firefox itself can work as a password manager on Android. I had Lockwise installed so that I could use Firefox saved passwords in other Android apps, and now it turns out Firefox can do that directly.

I never used Lockwise because of this existing functionality in the main app.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

#14
Extremely happy about this. Mozilla has one job: building a browser. Half baked apps like Lockwise are a waste of everyone's time, including theirs. That's why they're failing terribly at their one job.

Hopefully we see more culling of similar products and so that the engineering budget can steer back towards building a better browser and hopefully working back towards having a decent slice of the market.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

#15

Very annoying. I use Firefox, but I also loved Lockwise as a general password manager for other apps. What's the next best?

Lockwise was far from the best -- probably closer to the bottom. So literally anything else would probably work just as well.

One of the best free (as in beer) password managers is Bitwarden.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

#16
Before everybody gets up in arms from the headline, they're just moving/keeping this feature into the Firefox browser. The article says:

> Firefox for iOS will already sync your saved Lockwise passwords. You can currently only use those inside Firefox. Check back for updates in December 2021 on how to use Firefox for iOS as your system-wide password manager. [It's already there on Firefox for Android.]

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

#17

I discovered recently that Firefox itself can work as a password manager on Android. I had Lockwise installed so that I could use Firefox saved passwords in other Android apps, and now it turns out Firefox can do that directly.

Oh awesome, thanks. That changes this submission from 'what agh no why' to 'ok meh no problem'(/'good'!) for me.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

#18

I am not happy about this. I like having the standalone Lockwise app on my Android phone as a password manager. When the app is discontinued, will I still be able to use autofill in other apps? And what about the apps where autofill doesn't work? Having to open my browser for every password I need to copy on my phone just seems clunky and stupid. I'm so fucking sick of Mozilla breaking their UX flows for every damn t…

> When the app is discontinued, will I still be able to use autofill in other apps?

Yes on Android, I have no knowledge of iOS. Just go into the Settings -> Logins and Passwords -> Autofill in other apps.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

#20
post #6

I discovered recently that Firefox itself can work as a password manager on Android. I had Lockwise installed so that I could use Firefox saved passwords in other Android apps, and now it turns out Firefox can do that directly.

The implication being that lockwise is discontinued because its use case has been subsumed by Firefox? If so, that's a thankful addendum to this announcement. Edit: yep, in settings, logins and passwords, there are two toggles, one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for web pages, and one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for other sites, which takes you to the Android password manager selection section.

I use Lockwise but not for other apps. Does anyone know the details about how one app would fill in passwords for another on Android? That capability seems...powerful and dangerous.
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