I don't see the problem here. It's a great product and if they want to make money then I don't mind. If it's too expensive, and they hike the price to something ridiculous then I'll vote with my wallet.
I use BitWarden because I'd never trust a password manager with close source clients. Before BitWarden I used a local manager: BitWarden made my life easier.
The web interface I'd never use: I have no guarantee that my passphrase does not leave my computer. Same for the import feature: this also requires the passphrase to be sent to their servers.
Needless to say I move to the next ethical e2ee password manager if BitWarden turns it's back on open source.
I don't think these companies are obligated to run a free tier. Someone has to pay the infra. It's a little shady that they didn't announce any of this though. But bitwarden is open source and you can host it all yourself
I don't see the problem here. It's a great product and if they want to make money then I don't mind. If it's too expensive, and they hike the price to something ridiculous then I'll vote with my wallet.
I use BitWarden because I'd never trust a password manager with close source clients. Before BitWarden I used a local manager: BitWarden made my life easier.
The web interface I'd never use: I have no guarantee that my passphrase does not leave my computer. Same for the import feature: this also requires the passphrase to be sent to their servers.
Needless to say I move to the next ethical e2ee password manager if BitWarden turns it's back on open source.
I don't think these companies are obligated to run a free tier. Someone has to pay the infra. It's a little shady that they didn't announce any of this though. But bitwarden is open source and you can host it all yourself
what are some bitwarden alternatives?
Proton Pass. Not ideal but actively developing and IMO its UX is way better than what I had with Bitwarden.
Keepass or one of its variants are great. Pair it with a shared folder via SyncThing/GDrive/Dropbox/whatever and you'll be set.
Depends on what you are looking for. I use keepass to store my password + syncthing to sync across devices