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1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

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Re: 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

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Post by jms703 »

nerdjon wrote: post #48

I feel like I am really struggling to see the issue here with pricing, it is still a very cheap subscription and it does what we need it to do. And they were one of the ones that came out better in that recent security analysis of password managers. I see a lot of people upset here and I don’t get it. Did they need to increase the price? Honestly I don’t know, without seeing their financials it is hard to say. But I…

In a world where everything is increasing in prices and salaries aren't keeping pace, you might be able to see it if you imagine what life was like making much less money.

1Password, like other subscriptions, becomes something for the middle class and up, not for the masses.

Vendor solutions become the only option.

Re: 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

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Post by jms703 »

drcongo wrote: post #68
bombcar wrote: post #51

If everyone goes to their subscriptions and cancels today maybe they'll get the message. I've done it, and will spend the rest of the current renewal figuring out how well Apple Passwords works, I guess. I'd like to sync everything but realistically I just need to extract any 2FA I have left in 1p; everything else can be password reset when the time cometh.

I stopped using 1Password for personal stuff and switched to just Apple Passwords about a year ago so I can add a little colour to what to expect. Firstly, the Apple Passwords app is slow as molasses, just really really bad. If you've got more than about 1000 items, it's almost unusable. That said, you very rarely have to use it, because password entry in Safari is perfect, and the menubar app for it doesn't have the…

1Password also thinks site1.example.com and site2.example.com are the same.

Re: 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

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Post by avazhi »

The 1Password app(s) have never been buggier or more frustrating to use. App UIs have never been more convoluted.

Enshittification comes for us all, sadly, even something like this that has largely been indispensable for me and my family for so long now.

Not sure what to say, because Bitwarden is worse at everything and nothing else is even worth mentioning based on what I know. Great example of something I’ll stay with for now simply because there are no better alternatives on the market.

PS - listing AI auto naming of items as an improvement got a genuine laugh out of me.

Re: 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

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Post by fuomag9 »

jms703 wrote: post #133
drcongo wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I stopped using 1Password for personal stuff and switched to just Apple Passwords about a year ago so I can add a little colour to what to expect. Firstly, the Apple Passwords app is slow as molasses, just really really bad. If you've got more than about 1000 items, it's almost unusable. That said, you very rarely have to use it, because password entry in Safari is perfect, and the menubar app for it doesn't have the…

1Password also thinks site1.example.com and site2.example.com are the same.

it's possible to make entries autofill only for the specific subdomain. But otherwise, you're correct.

Re: 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

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Post by mingus88 »

qubex wrote: post #130
uhx wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Subscriptions are fine, companies are greedy

I’m absolutely not fine with being a subscriber. Whenever there’s a lifetime license alternative, that goes to the top of my list. I’m not into being somebody’s peon who has to keep paying an unknown fraction of their income to maintain functionality I would’ve broken even on years ago.

Its not a black and white situation for me

Security software? Hosting my data? Sure, I understand there are ongoing costs to provide the service.

One-time licenses tells me the maintainers will not be incentivized to keep my lights on forever. Service will suffer eventually.

See Plex. I paid once a decade ago and it’s not even the same thing anymore. They push live TV, always online features, etc

Re: 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

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Post by JavaWing »

firefax wrote: post #107

I've had good experiences with KeePassXC. In addition to being able to store your passwords, it can ingest TOTP seeds. And finally, it's open source and cross platform. (I originally stumbled upon it because it was the only KeePass implementation that tried to look like a native MacOS app) This is a killer feature for me, since apparently iOS backups do not backup your TOTP generators in Google Authenticator, which I…

Is KeePassXC better than Bitwarden?

Re: 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

#139

Post by qubex »

mingus88 wrote: post #137
qubex wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m absolutely not fine with being a subscriber. Whenever there’s a lifetime license alternative, that goes to the top of my list. I’m not into being somebody’s peon who has to keep paying an unknown fraction of their income to maintain functionality I would’ve broken even on years ago.

Its not a black and white situation for me Security software? Hosting my data? Sure, I understand there are ongoing costs to provide the service. One-time licenses tells me the maintainers will not be incentivized to keep my lights on forever. Service will suffer eventually. See Plex. I paid once a decade ago and it’s not even the same thing anymore. They push live TV, always online features, etc

I still run Excel 2007 because as long as it can read and write .xlsx files that my Mathematica models can ingest and output I’m good with that. Every version of Mathematica has a perennial license, even if a new version comes out every year. I want the cloud service? That’s a monthly extra, and I’m cool with that. Office 365, where they randomly decide to shove Copilot down my throat and I lose all ability to edit documents I created if I don’t pay the monthly tithe? No, I’m not cool with that.

Re: 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March

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Post by chente »

jasonriddle wrote: post #87

Yeah, pretty disappointed by this as well. The app has been getting buggier overtime and I was already considering leaving, so this was the push I needed. Seems like the most popular players in this space are Bitwarden and KeePass, does anybody have a positive or negative experience to share with either?

I use 1Password personally and use Bitwarden at work. Bitwarden doesn't feel as polished as 1password and the user experience could use some love.
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