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by tzs 2632 days ago
> I subscribe to 1Password's monthly model with the cloud services, but I just don't use any of them, and they have settings on every client which let you choose the default vault for saving, and I just use the local one.

For those who wonder why one might subscribe to the cloud service when one is only going to use local vaults, rather than buying a license for the non-cloud version, the non-cloud version requires separate licenses for your Macs and for your Windows PCs, and major upgrades cost a substantial fraction of the initial price.

With the cloud service one purchase covers all your devices and all major upgrades for as long as your subscription is active.

I think it worked out when I did the math almost a year ago that if you have both Macs and PCs, then the cloud came out cheaper if you assumed a major upgrade every couple of years.