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Thank you for your comment, @CodeIsTheEnd!

We always built 1Password for ourselves. It is so much easier to develop a product that you use yourself every day.

I haven't used the standalone version of 1Password for over 5 years now. The same is true for pretty much everyone working at 1Password.

Why? Because the service is much much better and more than just simple syncing of data:

- Account recovery for family and business team members

- Easy sharing of passwords and documents

- Vault permissions

- Item history/automatic backups

- Free family accounts for businesses

- Travel mode

None of these features are possible without a server doing its part.

Roustem Founder of 1Password

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There's a lot of comments everywhere expressing hate for 1Password's change to a subscription model. Way more than seem justified.

I'm not overjoyed at "having to" pay a subscription for a password manager, but your points are good ones.

Paying you annually saves me and my family (four people) a lot of time and energy in managing passwords, sharing passwords, etc.

Just wanted to throw out one "+1" for the 1Password subscription offering being a worthwhile expense from my perspective.

I do wish you'd figure out the Chrome extensions on macOS, though. I don't understand why I have to choose between excellent browser integration OR more seamless integration with the native app and fingerprint support in the browser extension.

> I do wish you'd figure out the Chrome extensions on macOS, though. I don't understand why I have to choose between excellent browser integration OR more seamless integration with the native app and fingerprint support in the browser extension.

We're efforting on that! Thanks for the feedback. We currently have better integration with our 1Password for Linux beta, and that will be rolling out to other platforms as well.

- Ben, 1Password

Glad to hear!

I use 1Password for family and LastPass for work, and vastly prefer 1Password's UI and feature set.

I’m a happy user of 1Password, and while I agree that it’s good to build a product for yourself, I’d also argue that it’s valuable to be keenly aware of where you - or your employees - differ from your other users.

I pay yearly for a subscription and sync via 1Password.com

I don’t pay a subscription because I think that it’s important or necessary to sync via 1Password.com, though. I’d happily sync via Dropbox (though it sounds like that has been broken for years and isn’t getting fixed) or iCloud.

I pay because I know it costs money to keep software working nicely with its surrounding environment and to keep it secure.

Apart from the item history - which I disagree needs a server - the other feature you list aren’t of interest to me. So while I’m a big fan of the product, and I might be an outlier, I hope you’re keeping a keen eye on your users’ motivations for starting or continuing to pay for subscriptions.

I concur. Frankly, 5 licenses for $55 per annum is more than reasonable. I've got friends and family members on my family plan now and paying $1 per month, per user. Is CHEAP.

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