[PuffinBlue]

When you setup your 1password account you are provided an ‘Emergency kit’ in the form of a PDF containing this key and other info. You are supposed to save it somewhere secure or print it and place it somewhere secure.

You could save it in a local keepassXC database if you like.

This 128bit key is only saved locally, not on their servers. So contrary to you disbelief, 1Password does actually prioritise security in this manner over focusing on ‘regular customers’.

Its also fairly common to have more than one device, so you would have the key on more than one device as a result too.