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Bitwarden is no longer free software

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238 points ferbivore | 6 comments | 20 Oct 24 08:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.852s | source | bottom
1. forabi ◴[21 Oct 24 01:05 UTC] No.41899827[source]▶
This is a far more superior desktop/mobile app compatible with Bitwarden and Vaultwarden https://github.com/AChep/keyguard-app/
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2. weikju ◴[21 Oct 24 01:51 UTC] No.41900049[source]▶
Good that it's compatible with Vaultwarden, otherwise a future move from BW would be to block alternative clients like this...

And this is the problem now. Even if BW doesn't plan to do this, we'll always be suffixing that kind of sentence with "doesn't plan to do this.. yet". We've seen this happen too often in the past years, and now we have to consider VC-backed open-source as potentially hostile and prepare for the worst, which means we can't trust them as much...

3. ambigious7777 ◴[21 Oct 24 03:10 UTC] No.41900361[source]▶
Looking at the description, it seems to require purchasing a premium version for the ability to add and modify items on Android, not sure if that's something I would want.
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4. forabi ◴[21 Oct 24 03:17 UTC] No.41900385[source]▶
This is true if you download it from Google Play. If you sideload the GitHub APK, you get all premium features for free.
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5. ValentineC ◴[21 Oct 24 06:06 UTC] No.41901113[source]▶
For anyone else interested: it's licensed as source-available "all rights reserved", not under the usual MIT/GPL licences.
6. evrial ◴[21 Oct 24 15:08 UTC] No.41905020{3}[source]▶
Go for it if ineducable.