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by m12k
2069 days ago
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Lots of people saying they will only use an open source password manager - fair enough, that's your prerogative. But I think it's unfair if everyone just complains that this isn't open source. First people complained that 1Password wasn't on Linux. Then they made a browser extension that works on Linux, and people complained it wasn't native. Then they make a native application, and people complain that it's not open source. That's not their business model, that was never on the table. But it's worth celebrating when Linux is gaining support, even from proprietary companies. It's good that Steam supports Linux even when FreeCiv exists. It's good that Unity supports Linux even when Godot exists. Let's give 1Password some credit for supporting Linux - thanks guys! |
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However, this has been _years_, 8 or 9 by my quick check on the App Store.
First there was the "agilekeychain" and the python libraries (blimey) to read from it, so I could kinda do my thing on linux, but then it was deprecated and they spent 18months trying to create a CLI variant that on arrival basically never worked.
Then they pushed a subscription model which was rather expensive for the functionality too, and after paying for new versions a few times I felt a bit annoyed, and I still could not access my passwords from Linux anyway..
Then they pushed really hard for their own hosted sync (for new vaults at the very least); And without dropbox I couldn't even sync to linux. I'm not sure if they went back on that.
Eitherway, the problem is not that it isn't open source per-say.
The problem is that it's an incredibly closed ecosystem as it exists today, and an expensive one- maybe you're better off looking at equivalently featured, free, and more open options... of which there are many.