Hmmm.... I read the headline here and was a little perturbed. WTF does a password manager need THAT much money for.

However, after reading your comment, I hope this is the direction they go. I actually really like the future where I can have instant accounts attached to a more anonymous backend than my social media. I'm sick of things as mundane as my local gym asking for access to my fucking friends list.

Sign-up hurdles are a real thing too. I recently read that it was a major factor to Microsoft's video gaming stream service never taking off.

Based on https://www.future.1password.com/ I'm guessing it will be closer to LastPass's auto-login. It still uses the existing username/password form, but autofills and submits for you.

So a 1- or 0-click login once you hit the login form, as opposed to the current 3-click system (see login list, click to fill, click to submit). And looks like it also might handle the 2fa portion (which essentially makes it 1fa).

I'm guessing this isn't what you meant, but a password manager that integrates with the Credential Management API[1] would be amazing. Would simplify password management a lot if it got widespread adoption, and provide an easier upgrade path to strong public-key authentication using WebAuthn.

[1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PasswordCre...

That's certainly an eyecatching idea! I'd hate to be engineer in charge of that idea, though... how would you even begin to drive webmaster adoption? Even with the leverage of their massive userbases, Google/Facebook logins are far from ubiquitous.