I have been using Bitwarden for around 7~ years. Subscription for this long too, at 10USD p/year. I will be switching due to lack of transparency, and would love to hear others thoughts on this.

The linked article goes into further detail, but here is a small summary that very much concern me / are sus:

  • that 10USD per year has gone up quietly . I just checked and I have no email telling me it’s increased. It renews in like 2 months, so this is good timing for me
  • Originally Bitwarden had values as apart of the acronym “GRIT”. Gratitude, Responsibility, Inclusion, and Transparency. They have changed the last two words to “Innovation, Trust”
  • There is now a new CEO, this was not announced and the only reason people outside of Bitwarden know is that someone saw this change on LinkedIn
  • The free tier momentarily disappeared from their product page for about a month (april14-may14). People were likely still able to make free accounts during this period. Bitwarden says it was a marketing mistake

The price hike is one thing, but for me the acronym change is most concerning, which is why I will be looking at another password manger (probably keepassxc)

  • Libb@piefed.social
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    10 hours ago

    In the same boat as you.

    I don’t like how it’s changing, I also don’t like how the UI is changing and, sadly, as a EU citizen I can’t trust it any longer since it is made in the USA.

    But I’m no hurry to switch. I mean, I won’t rush or worry about paying one more year subscription if I have to. I’ll try alternatives as long as I have too. So far, there is

    • the Canadian 1Password and
    • the non-synced/local but free to use KeepassXC that are standing out.

    Both work with Linux.