Can you maybe touch a bit on the intended relationship between you and the VC? Are there plans to do aggressive monetization of Bitwarden?
As a long time user, I'm a bit concerned as well.
As a long time user, I'm a bit concerned as well.
Bitwarden is and has been monetized since the beginning. There are no plans to change how we monetize our products. It's working well for us.
You know, how you don't just save all of your life for a house - but get a mortgage and enjoy a house now, not in 50 years.
Until 2 years later there is a license and pricing change. One that will make it 10 times more expensive - or the free/open-source version will be crippled.
FWIW: I've been using this application for the past years. I pay 12 USD or so a year, though I self-host. I just pay as a thank you since I still use the FOSS client, and the price is very reasonable.
1Password is hardly even a competitor as it is a completely different price range, and different product. It isn't FOSS at all, there's a vendor lock-in (in contrast to Bitwarden), and it is 3x as expensive at the very least. They're miles apart.