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They (though admittedly along with many others) have partaken in a terrible trend of switching to subscription pricing for effectively non-subscription services.

Instead of having the option of letting me pay and upgrade if I decide to, I am forced to continue a subscription in order to continue using any version of 1Password (excluding legacy versions).

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They do have a standalone license, they just don't make it well known.

https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/92275/how-do-i-...

Wow! Probably would have done this had I known earlier, but at this point I feel like if I lock myself in to their platform they'll eventually get rid of this option completely at which point I'd have to find an alternative anyways.

don't bother. I bought the license for mobile and mac when those were the options and now regulated to paying subscription.

I don't think that's correct, they completely support standalone licenses, and you can use Dropbox for syncing across devices. I'm using 1password 6 on my Mac, and 1password 7 on windows, no problem, no subscription.

It is indeed possible to purchase standalone licenses for 1Password 7 for Mac and 1Password 7 for Windows and they can be synced using Dropbox.

- Ben, 1Password

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