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Is this better than just using KeepPassXC with a simple kbdx file synced to an online drive? It's an honest question, I've never used 1Password before.

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I switched from KeePass to 1Password mainly to get my family on it. They really appreciated the clean workflow once they got used to it after a couple days. And the auto-sync feature combined with the mobile app has been useful for when they have to enter the Netflix password on various devices.

Same here.

Sure you can use lots of other password managers, but if we are not talking about solo use case - it's practically impossible to beat 1Pass. You can set up your team and family in minutes, with granular controls. And people will understand how to use it in a few minutes.

With most other solutions you will have to spend hours here or there. Is that time worth a few bucks? For me I would gladly pay x2 so it just works and no one has to bother me with questions.

I used older version of 1Password on Mac and use KeePassXC on Ubuntu now. 1P is definitely slicker, and presumably the subscription comes with support. For me, not a worthwhile trade-off, but could be worth if for some people, especially those with many devices to keep in sync and business users.

Yes as it isn’t subject to accidental overwrites of the data file It also has useful integrations like browser extensions so can autofill. Not sure if KeePass is capable of that. It’s a paid app though.

I use KeePass on Windows and it is definitely capable of that and much, much more (see Plugins page).

I can't imagine paying for an application when a better one is available for free.

I’m a recent windows 10 convert from Mac and a 1password user for years, I have disagreements with my buddy who is a long time windows user along these lines _all_ the time. He thinks I’m insane for essentially paying for UI I prefer (I would disagree I think there’s some structural differences, but I’m okay with being reduced to that too). It’s like asking why someone buys anything, the products exist and sell and make some people happy while being absolutely insane to others. Such is life.

I'm also happy to pay for better UI alone but that does seem to offend some people. It's usually the same people who if they find out you take vitamins will start telling you what the placebo effect is.

The reason usually is that there are people with a lot of money to throw around and there are others with less money who instead invest time to research where they can save it on a product. If then they not only find a way to save money on a product but also one with more features (so more for less) than the one people throw money at, they are in disbelieve why somebody would throw that money on the worse alternative.

I see this as quite reasonable thinking for somebody who never had too much money.

Of course it might be that in this case the much more obvious is the case: throwing your most important data into a cloud on a close source system is kinda..."optimistic".

> I’m a recent windows 10 convert from Mac

What happened, if not too sensitive to share, of course.

Ah sorry I missed it. My poor macbook pro of 8 years finally chimed it's last boot chime, so to speak. I have a windows PC that I had used mostly for games/web, so "convert" might be strong, I just haven't decided if its worth replacing :)

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