I understand that 1Password is a business and it’s their prerogative to make money.
In 2014 I switched to self-hosted password management with 1P and it changed my life. Today, my 1P vaults are a daily, indispensable part of computing. There are thousands of records and my overall security is dramatically higher.
Fast forward a few years and I heard that they had introduced a subscription.
Why?
It’s not their fault: everyone does it. But is this really a subscription service? The applications on my computer and phone have worked smashingly well for years. Is there enough of an ongoing need for development as to require a subscription? I’d rather pay a periodic upgrade fee as maintenance is required.
At the same time, independent and decentralized password management makes sense. I don’t want AmaGooSoft
holding my passwords to everything.
In any event, I will continue to use older versions of password management to save on the subscription.
Also, why should you lose access to features because you stopped subscribing? You paid for them and now you don't want to support future features. Why should you lose access to past ones?
In 2014 I switched to self-hosted password management with 1P and it changed my life. Today, my 1P vaults are a daily, indispensable part of computing. There are thousands of records and my overall security is dramatically higher.
Fast forward a few years and I heard that they had introduced a subscription.
Why?
It’s not their fault: everyone does it. But is this really a subscription service? The applications on my computer and phone have worked smashingly well for years. Is there enough of an ongoing need for development as to require a subscription? I’d rather pay a periodic upgrade fee as maintenance is required.
At the same time, independent and decentralized password management makes sense. I don’t want AmaGooSoft holding my passwords to everything.
In any event, I will continue to use older versions of password management to save on the subscription.