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> If you already trust 1password to store your credentials

I don't, so I'm never upgrading to 1Password 8. The telemetry news only validates my decision. What I consider important in a security product and what AgileBits considers important diverged a while ago and that's ok I guess.

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1password 8 definitely feels like a massive UX downgrade over v7. Though I can’t put why into words.

The latest version seems optimized for keyboard shortcuts at the expense of easily accessible 1-click copying of username/password/one-time password. To me, this introduced a large additional cognitive load where instead of a click, click, click, I now have to remember that CMD+C is username, CMD+Shift+C is password, and (something else?) for One-Time Password.

I think it's that v8 feels less an app crafted for individuals and more like yet another generic SaaS made for corporate customers.

it's no longer a native app

Only one word needed: Electron

Oh, I can: it's the experience of the edit button mysteriously appearing and disappearing, along with the unforgivable experience reported on r/1Password of some user having edits applied to the wrong item. There but for the grace of God go I, but I for sure have experienced the oft-reported edit button comes and goes nonsense

We shall not even get started on their extension losing its mind for no good reason. Still better than Bitwarden, and they should thank their lucky stars for it or I'd take my money elsewhere

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