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I wouldn't consider 4 $ per month a low cost for a password manager

Of course it's all relative. $4 is infinitely more than $0. On the other hand, $4 for keeping my most important secrets safe is cheap.

$4 is $4 more than $0

I find the attitude of many folks on HN, arguably a forum full of logicians, baffling at times. I don't use 0 dollars to contextualize the cost of 1Password (or any productivity software). I value the time that I save with it. It saves me so much time, I don't mind paying $4, let alone $10.

Not paying for something because it's not free is being penny wise, pound foolish.

Perhaps there are situations where people are budgetting for the pot that the $4 a month comes out of, or are concerned about the number of services they are paying for and not receiving anything.

It's not only about money, but also privacy. Services like these shouldn't know who their customers are.

I’ve used 1Password for years, and I think the price is very reasonable.

For a program I use every day, which is well made and has pretty good UX, the price is in line with other utilities I pay for.

For a family account for up to 5 users? For something I use on a daily (honestly hourly) basis? It's the most value for money subscription I have

Really? Its less than the cost of a pint. Not exactly expensive considering the benefits. Sure it could be free, but its not expensive.

Depend on your platform. MacOS/iOS/iPadOS come with a more than decent integrated password manager for free. It almost never fail to identify password field and work both for web site and compatible applications.

The paying part is when you want to sync key-chain between device and require an iCloud subscription which start at $0,99 and bundle other features.

While I would never trust a "free service" (fremium backed with pro account/bundling is still ok AFAIC), it's still hard to consider $4/month for a syncing service cheap. It's literally the price of a cheap VPS service!

PS: From another angle if security is really your priority maybe $4 is not expensive enough. Password manager don't protect you from an hostile OS vendor and on top of that you now have to trust another entity. High levels of security require a global approach and paying more for a Password manager might provide a false sense of security.

To be fair, I trust 1Password to handle security a lot more than my own ability to protect a VPS running some password manager backend...

It’s $5/mo for a family account of 5 accounts. $3/mo solo. With first year being 50% off.

1PW has so many more features on top of Apple’s native PW stuff it is only comparable If the basics are needed.

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