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by e_proxus 1772 days ago
For me it’s more about trust. I’d rather trust a company with decades of experience this area than a bunch of random developers that published different unvetted apps on various app stores.

And technically, Syncthing doesn’t really seem viable on mobile last time I looked (and also has the problem of 3rd party apps instead of official ones).

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How different we think. I'd much rather put my trust in select people, such as Jason Donenfeld (creator of pass, Wireguard &c) with impeccable track records, than random companies that are always one quick change of management away from selling all your data off to the highest bidder.
I was rather alluring to the different mobile apps which all seems to often be developed by various unknown developers (some closed source) instead of the core developers of the main project.

I too would trust the core of e.g. Syncthing or pass.

Making it all work on mobile is a completely different story though. I myself can’t do without mobile access to my passwords.

Fair enough.

The mobile platform is one I ignore. The only thing I know with any certainty about my phone is that it's running a bunch of closed source spyware, so I'm not entrusting it with anything much - and certainly not my passwords.