The 1Password "no local/standalone vaults" "upgrade" in 7->8 is what got me to leave it after 15 years or so. They're killing the extensions used by Chrome/Brave/etc. in 3 months, so it became critical to move off Version 7 (which is probably not getting much security maintenance now, either). RIP.
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Little worse is that the manifest deprecation was delayed into 2024, but that hasn't stopped them from killing the extensions in 3 months.
I loathe having to migrate out of 1P 7, but there really is no choice now.
FWIW, I was a longtime 1P user and evangelist, and I moved to BitWarden instead of 1P8. The UX isn't as good, but I was giving up a native experience either way, and BitWarden is cheaper.
The transition was very smooth, and I have no regrets! Plus, now I'm supporting an open source product, which is a nice bonus.
Similar here, switched from LastPass to Bitwarden a few years ago and have been very happy with it. It's less than perfect UX, and sometimes have to manually sync when switching between devices to get a new/changed password. Relatively low cost or self-hosting options, with extensions everywhere I'd need one. I do wish the experience was better for content other than passwords (notes/cards, etc).
This is the issue I'm having as well. I've been a standalone customer that's been paying since 2007, if I can't host my own vault either locally or in Dropbox - I'm out.
I was hoping to use 1P 7 for as long as I can, but with the Chrome extension dying it's going to become unusable. What have you found as an alternative?
This is my stance as well. I have not chosen a successor yet, but I’ll have a look at Bitwarden, Keepass and the recently released Proton Pass.
Trusting Dropbox for sync (which I did) meant trusting a cloud service, too, but IMO it is a less lucrative target for hacks than a server that stores _nothing but_ credentials. Also, using DB made me less dependent on connectivity (LAN sync) and would let me switch providers quite easily.
I'm going to try KeePassXC & syncthing. I assume its going to be no where near as good as 1P, but between no extension support, no local vaults, secret security ops, I don't see a choice.
Also a recommendation for Strongbox if you're on a Mac. I've tried "all" since switching from 1Password a few years ago and it was the one I liked the most.
Thank you for the suggestion, I’ll check it out.
They're killing their browser extension for the world's most popular browser?
> They're killing the extensions used by Chrome/Brave/etc. in 3 months
Just for 7?