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by cies 1384 days ago
Questions:

* What makes you invincible to investment? * What makes you different from BitWarden? (they are also opensource, might have been bootstrapped too, also claim being autdited) You seem to only really be "an alternative", which is great, but you kind of oversell it I think. * "I simply can't imagine it having a net-positive effect" --> or do you mean on "your" company? Because, you seem to also sell a product: access to the hosted solution of your open source product. * Open source BitWarden server-side API implementations exist... Even in Rust (not that that matter that much given the nature of e2e encryption). * Are you not interested to one day provide an enterprise tier over you family tier?

Disclaimer, I'm a satisfied user of BitWarden's free tier for some years.

So here my main gripes with BitWarden:

* There is an option to send them your password file for them to import it. This goes against their e2e philosophy that I believe it should have huuuuuge red tape, and it does not. They should deliver this type of functionality in a manner that I can run it on my local machine.

* Horrible UX. I've often been searching where they hide the save or edit button this time. You're product looks nicer in this department.

Good luck with your product! I'm a little busy, but I may give it a try some day. To me there is a safety in BitWarden not going belly up, and alternatives (self-hosting and your product) existing.