![]() I’ve been slowly moving to KeePassXC while using the old version of 1Password that I have bought the license in full and I manually copy and paste passwords into websites. I won’t rehash all the reasons I hate them, we’ve discussed them ad nauseum. I cringe every time the Mac Power Users podcast uses them as an advertiser. I also can’t stand AgileBits as a company. Having 1PW 8 also allowed me to uninstall the bloated Dropbox client and stop using my free account altogether. ![]() I also love the integration as everything syncs instantly unlike my old Dropbox sync setup. My flame suit is on, I welcome any opposing views, but dismissing 1Password 8 is a huge mistake. On the other hand, there’s unbelievably bloated & slow electron apps, like Discord for Mac, and then on the other spectrum 1Password and UpNote that run buttery smooth even on ancient Mac (2012!) hardware. Like said during one of the recent shows, it’s really unfair to put all electron apps in the same board. Bloated? How? UpNote, my favorite (non-subscription!) most beautiful Obsidian alternative is also Electron and I find it a joy to use. I was a little concerned about it being an Electron app after all of the crazy negative reviews, but after using it for 6 months I honestly do not understand the hate. I hate that I sound like a shill for the company, but please prove me wrong, I beg you. I for one really hate subscriptions and try to avoid them like the plague, but this is one of only 3 subscriptions (aside from iCloud+ 200GB & Inoreader Pro RSS service) that I feel is worth the price. Out of all these solutions, Bitwarden was the closest alternative though it doesn’t have nearly the polish that 1PW has. The app is so darn beautiful, I’ll take a line from Steve Jobs and say “you’ll want to lick it”.īitwarden, StrongBox, Dashlane, enPass, LastPass and a few others (including a new Mac only one someone on MPU mentioned recently. I wish I didn’t have to give them my money but there’s no denying it – 1Password 8 is the best password manager so far. Their actions to their core loyal user base has been hostile and some of their customer service have smug/arrogant attitude against their customers. With that said, I cannot ****ing stand AgileBits as a company. I get downvoted every time I say this, but I have tried all of the alternatives and nothing, and I mean nothing, comes to 1Password. The workaround if you want to use other browsers and have autofill is to use KeePassXC. At this stage Strongbox on the Mac only has autofill on Safari because it uses the built in Safari extension. I would think if you are a 1Password user auto fill is an essential requirement. Incidentally the Kee Pass format theoretically offers great flexibility, but in practice it does not exist because there is only a couple of viable clients available on the Mac. Strongbox is not in the same league as 1Password but it does offer local database storage, the open source Kee Pass format, and a once off lifetime payment if you want to avoid a subscription (also a free version). The Mac OS App is serviceable but it needs more work. ![]() I think the iOS Strongbox App is terrific, on any basis, but particularly so coming from a small development team. Notwithstanding the above, I am still dabbling with Strongbox. For a user in the Apple orbit most password managers do not match the integration across browsers that 1Password has been able to achieve. 1Password has had a long runway of development and probably greater resources applied to the challenges of App development compared to many of its competitors. I am trying to be objective here, but it is just my opinion, … I really doubt the overhead of transition away from 1Password merits whatever the countervailing benefits are perceived to be. Consequently, no matter how superficially easy the transition to another password manager was there are subtle adjustments to workflows and time need to discover the quirks of a new app and workarounds if required. I also ran into the problem that having worked with 1Passwords for many years I had a built in expectation of how things work. I had a random walk through many of the better known names and unreasonable as it is I was repulsed by some of the interfaces and more than few apps were tossed aside on this fickle assesement. I discovered a heck of a lot of password makers to choose from and a dearth of really insightful independent reviews. After 4 to 5 months on this, my thoughts, … Unlike some, I didn’t have a visceral dislike of subscriptions, or a particularly great desire for a local database store, but I had a sense that 1Password had become a bit bloated and I worried the new business model was about being all things to all people. The latest iteration of 1Password triggered a project for me to find a viable alternative for this App which I have used for many years.
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