> Those tricks are not as easy to pull anymore.

Arguably, they did with Bitwarden already, no? Ie even if they don't do anything bad - they still executed steps of free users and large VC checks.

Which is to say, does it not seem like they've already executed the "trick"? Users are already there, they have cash in hand. Their motivations don't matter much here, we as users can only see their actions.

But i don't follow bitwarden at all. I avoid free products for this "trick" reason. If i'm not paying or self hosting, i'm not interested heh. Am i reading Bitwarden wrong?