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by oarsinsync 260 days ago
1Password used to ship native (aka "Mac-assed") apps. They (relatively, in the software's history) recently switched to Electron instead of continuing native app development.
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crazygringo 260 days ago
So again, how does an Electron bug become 1Password's fault?

It's cross-platform and integrates with browsers so it makes sense they would want to use a cross-platform JavaScript solution as much as possible. Not just to make their developers more efficient, but to reduce the surface area for bugs and vulnerabilities.

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macintux 260 days ago
1Password used to be an excellent native app. It's not surprising that many users (myself included) resent the enshittification.
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crazygringo 260 days ago
I've used it for years and am only finding out today that it's Electron. And I couldn't care less.

99.9% of my usage is within the browser plugin anyways. And whenever I have to edit an entry, it works fine.

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aniviacat 260 days ago
> 99.9% of my usage is within the browser plugin anyways.

If you don't (or barely) use the app, the app is not an issue to you; that seems pretty self-evident.

The experience for regular users may differ.

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crazygringo 260 days ago
What is the problem with it? And isn't everyone using the browser plugin anyways mostly? Isn't that where the vast majority of passwords get entered?
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macintux 260 days ago
Personally, I use it as much for other secrets as for browser passwords. Social security numbers, software licenses (not so much anymore), password reset questions, passwords I can't paste (for work), etc.

I don't use a plugin. Never tried it, simply never mattered enough (and I generally store frequently-used browser passwords in the browser's keychain as well).

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zen928 259 days ago
You personally disliking something isnt enshittification.
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macintux 259 days ago
It was done at roughly the same time that the company switched to a subscription model and their focus switched from consumer to business.
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jen729w 259 days ago
...shortly thereafter, Apple released their own Passwords app, largely Sherlocking 1Password from a consumer perspective.

If this had been your business, what would you have done? I would have done exactly what they did.

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macintux 259 days ago
You raise an excellent point, and the truth is that I don't know.

That doesn't change the consumer perspective: I'm paying more for a worse product.

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