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1Password Has Raised $620M

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Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by anamexis »

noirbot wrote: post #328
cooperadymas wrote: post #255

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When Crashplan did this, they removed their home offering and completely dropped a large portion of their user base.

Sure, but I'd be surprised if Crashplan was operating their home offering at a profit beforehand and just went "eh, we don't need money". 1Password seems to have a totally viable consumer market that's making them money without all that much work on it. It would seem weird for them to kill a golden goose.

Also, it is good for companies when their employees use good password management everywhere, including in their personal life. The 1Password for Teams Business plan includes a free family plan for every user, so there's mutual reinforcement there.

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Post by remram »

sdoering wrote: post #369
wise0wl wrote: post #222

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Use Vaultwarden. I use that, and it works wonderfully .

I use Vaultwarden as the server host. Does it have a chrome add on as well?

You can use the Bitwarden apps with Vaultwarden: https://bitwarden.com/download/

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Post by mbesto »

TaXaZ wrote: post #358
dahart wrote: post #339

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BitWarden is not free if you compare apples to apples, and sign up for the same features including cloud hosting, 2FA, and family or enterprise accounts. $620M isn’t for a password manager, it’s financing for a business with an enormous and growing user base.

Bitwarden is free for individuals and couples. So, it's free user-friendly (WAF!!) wise [0] in comparison to 1pass [1]. But much more important thing is the fact that bitwarden is open source and 1pass not. Closed source is deal-breaker for me. [0] https://bitwarden.com/pricing/ [1] https://1password.com/teams/pricing/

For something as important as protecting passwords, why on earth would you want something that is free?

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Post by frosted-flakes »

MAGZine wrote: post #230
casenjo wrote: post #126

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Unfortunately yes. You'll still be able to use your license but once that version becomes incompatible with your OS you won't have a choice but to upgrade. I'm disappointed I won't be able to keep the Dropbox sync in 1Password 8. They did have this survey to gauge interest in self hosting it: https://survey.1password.com/self-host/

The Dropbox integration to me became worthless after Dropbox limited the number of devices it would sync to on the free plan. If I can't have my passwords everywhere, then the value delivered drops off a cliff

You can sync local vaults any which way. I personally use Syncthing, but any file syncing service would work.

On another note, I've been using 1Password for years, for free. The mobile app can edit local vaults without signing in, and the desktop program can view local vaults in read-only mode. If I want to edit or add a password, I do it on my phone—it's not worth $150+ to be able to do it on my PC a few times a year.

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Post by steelstraw »

AlexandrB wrote: post #186
fxtentacle wrote: post #50

"1Password Has Raised $620M" Ah fuck. They now need to grow at any cost to earn all that money back. And they'll throw their users under the bus, if they have to, because it's either grow like a unicorn or go bust. Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. How come…

They previously raised $100M in 2021[1] and in my mind the rot has already set in. 1Password 8 is not OS-native and is an electron app. Local vaults are no longer supported - you must use AgileBits's cloud. And 1Password 7 shows non-dismissible ads for upgrading to 1Password 8[2]. Edit: They also inexplicably (and silently) dropped support for the 1Password iOS share sheet while directing users to the 1Password iOS S…

They have virtually endless developer resources and aren't building native apps?! This is insane. Not only from a performance perspective, but more importantly from a security standpoint. The more they rely on 3rd party code, the more vulnerable they are.

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Post by chriscjcj »

Used 1Password for years and years. Being forced to have my password database leave my control and be hosted by a third party, AND pay a subscription fee for the privilege was a bridge too far.

I now have a vault-warden docker running on my Synology NAS at home. I have Bitwarden running on my computers and mobile devices. I have no ports open to my NAS. I'm using a UDMpro router and have an L2TP VPN configured. This allows me remote access. I pay nothing and I'm in complete control of my password data. This has turned out to be a wonderful setup and I'm very grateful that it's possible.

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by qwertyuiop_ »

tibiahurried wrote: post #212
baryphonic wrote: post #111

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> Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. Because 1Password is easy enough to use that my wife and I can share a family plan without her getting frustrated. If one of us has a login the other needs, we can easily share it. When I evaluated KeePass, the Wife-Accep…

We use BitWarden and it is free. $620M for a password manager is nuts.

All that Fed money supply has to go somewhere.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1SL

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