[xweb]

Thank you for this post/link. I have been side eyeing Bitwarden since they started ensh*ttifying the desktop UX last year to make it more like everything else and take up too much space. It had been working perfectly well for browser autofill - super fast and staying out of the way. Now it is bloated white space, slow, standardized UX elements like any SaaS built by AI. Will check out Vaultwarden, Proton Pass, Keepass, I guess. But sadly - yet another tool that worked perfectly well that was ruined in contempt of its own users (LastPass, Authy, Google Reader, etc - the list goes on)

[Refreeze5224]

As mentioned, enshittifying doesn't mean "make shitty" or "make worse". It's a specific exploitative company MO, like taking a product like Bitwarden and the goodwill it's generated with open source contributions, free plans, etc., and exploiting that trust by selling it to private equity, unbeknownst to the users, in order to squeeze the most out of it they can and then scrap it.

[avhception]

I agree with you that "enshittification" has a more specific meaning than just "make worse". Yet, the enshittification of Windows doesn't really follow the mold you described, even though I'd also call it enshittification.

[modriano]

MSFT is the GOAT of enshittification, and Windows is a pretty fine example of that. The OS literally comes showing you ads by default.

[radley]

I'm pretty sure enshittification applies to other methods. Adding ads to smart devices after purchase is a very common example.

[zeroonetwothree]

I really don’t think a UI redesign is the intended meaning of enshittification. BW has had by far the best free option for password management since I started using them 8 years ago.

Do I like the UI changes? Eh it’s not my favorite but I don’t use it that often to care.