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Bitwarden's new CEO has a Private Equity background, removed 'Inclusion' and 'Always Free' from their website -- because of course he did

In the latest episode of "they will always sell you out" - they sold you out! Who would've thought.

Hoping for a good alternative client to appear, the writing is on the wall. Vaultwarden can't exist without "leeching" off of Bitwarden.

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lemmy - Link zum Originalbeitrag

Otter

I think the original title was more helpful because it shows that this is a recent development. Maybe you can add "new CEO"?

Bitwarden scrubs ‘Always free’ and ‘Inclusion’ values from its website as longtime execs step down

In February, longtime CEO Michael Crandell moved to an advisory role, according to LinkedIn, with no announcement from the company. His replacement, Michael Sullivan, former CEO of both Acquia and Insightsoftware, touts his experience with “all facets of mergers and acquisitions” on his own LinkedIn page, including experience working with leading private equity firms.

CFO Stephen Morrison also left Bitwarden in April, replaced by former InVision CEO Michael Shenkman. Both Crandell and Morrison joined the company in 2019. Kyle Spearrin, who started Bitwarden as a fun hobby project in 2015, remains the company’s CTO.

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irmadlad

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bitwarden.com/pricing/

I kind of find the headline a bit disingenuous. However, if they do move to a non-free model, I'd still pay for it. I mean $1.65/Month USD. Sure, I don't even have to think about it.

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lemmy - Link zum Originalbeitrag

Bluegrass_Addict

yeah fuck that... fuck subscriptions ALL OF THEM. fucn these companies, ALL OF THEM.

stop giving any of these pricks any slack. none of them deserve it, nor money.

today it's 1.65... tomorrow it's 4.99... next week it's 12.99.. stop being a mindless sheep giving them any sort of leeway. you're enabling the scammers to literally scam you more, and more and more.

I'm relocating all my shit right now because we'll.. fuck em. I am loyal to NO COMPANY. none of them deserve anything but bankruptcy at a minimum.

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lemmy - Link zum Originalbeitrag

irmadlad

It's not 'out of touch'. It's paying for (if it comes to that) a service that houses all of my business accounts, investment accounts, personal accounts, etc, and all with a pretty damn good track record. As with any technology, you must constantly evaluate it to see if what you are spending is justified for the service you are receiving. If at such time I feel the service isn't worth the price, then sure. As of now, it's not really an issue to me.
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iamthetot

I've cut down my subscriptions by a lot over the past few years, and I've gotten very close to what I consider a minimum. Whenever possible, I like to buy outright.

However, surely you can understand how not every product can function as a one time purchase. For something like a password manager, they are providing an ongoing service. They are storing and serving your data.

You can self host, sure, and I'm doing a lot of that lately. But not everyone has the capacity or desire to.

All that said, this leadership shakeup is concerning and I think I'll be migrating to Proton, since I already have a Duo plan.

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lemmy - Link zum Originalbeitrag

Snot Flickerman

This is why corporate promises can never be trusted, because a new CEO can change those promises on a whim.

It's part of why despite being interested in Beeper, I never signed up for it because I had questions about if those privacy promises they made would be kept if they sold to a bigger company... which they eventually did.

On the plus side Bitwarden already made an official open source self-hosted version, which can be forked and/or return to the community developed Vaultwarden roots.

Meanwhile KeepassXC keeps on chugging along.

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