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by dylan604 2069 days ago
Haha, those are great points. However, if you make $50/hour and it takes any where close to an hour to install 1Pass, you're overpaid!! The install is super simple. Setting up the passwords is an ongoing thing and something I consider outside of the initial setup of the self-hosted version.
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Ha! I was referring to a self-hosted password manager. I looked at keepass some long time ago (in internet time anyways, likely 4ish years ago), and after starting to get things hooked up and trying to demo it for the spouse, I realized that it wasn't worth my time.

I'm 1000% behind them existing and am planning to toss them a donation cause I like that these FOSS alternatives exist, but I'd rather not have to manage my own in the end.

I've gotten past the stage of wanting to do it all on my own and hit the point where I'd rather pay a company to do it so I can go about the things I want to do in my free time (hobbies and spending time with my kids). I know it means I'm potentially trading privacy for this convenience, but it's something I've accepted in this case.

My new campaign is convince the spouse that we should move away from free email into paid.

I too do not begrudge someone trying to make a business model work, and I'm happy for anyone that uses that model to stop using the same username/password combo for everything. However, due to the sudden and unexpected loss of all income thanks to pandemic, I have totally given a re-think to my old saying of just throw money at the problem. I'm now one of those old farts that looks past the "affordable" monthly fees to how much extra it's costing rather than owning out right. The big exception is if the monthly expense allows me to make enough money the monthly expense makes sense.