[michaelt]

1. Decide that USB C is a must-have feature. No $25 blue yubikey for you - prices now start at $50.

2. Decide you want two keys per user, in case they lose one.

Now you're looking at spending $100+ per person.

[Aeolun]

Is that an unreasonable expense for something like two factor SSH auth?

[selfhoster11]

Most definitely. Not all people are made of money. $100 can buy a lot of things, so if I can't justify it for professional use, there's not much of an incentive to spend that much.

[Dylan16807]

Yes.

And using a key like this isn't even two factor.

[ptman]

https://solokeys.com/ ?

[skynet-9000]

$25 USB-C: https://solokeys.com/products/solo-usb-c?variant=23528357560... For those not familiar, solokeys was an open source project that became a company via kickstarter (and now indiegogo)

[spicybright]

Assuming this is a business, you're already spending thousands per machine per user.

And a developer that's down for half a day from a failed key is way more expensive than that $10 of savings.