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AnonC ◴[] No.41895305[source]
I’m not too surprised with this move. Bitwarden has been moving strongly to enterprise sales over the last several years, and while doing so, neglected the consumer side. It’s only recently that somehow they switched to a native iOS app from the previous MAUI base that stood out like a sore thumb in more ways than one. The current iOS client still has some catching up to do.

After getting VC funding, the focus also seemed to be more revenue and profit driven. There’s nothing wrong with this choice, but it does push companies in a direction that’s very different from how they started and grew.

Proton Pass looked a little interesting, but its pricing model is always a bit on the higher side (like with other Proton services). I’ve been trying Proton Pass free for a while, and will see if it’s worth switching to as a replacement for Bitwarden (because the latter wasn’t improving in a way that I was waiting for, over many years).

The built-in password manager on iOS is also good enough, but it’s only for passwords and doesn’t support storing, retrieving and filling other types of data.

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1. ktosobcy ◴[] No.41901155[source]
"After getting VC funding, the focus also seemed to be more revenue and profit driven."

Why is it that almost always "VC funding" turns everything into bullcrap? :|

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2. wolvesechoes ◴[] No.41901648[source]
"Why is it that almost always "VC funding" turns everything into bullcrap?"

Because the goal of capital is more capital. Doing ethical things and contributing to commons doesn't align with such goal.

So every time "investors" arrive the outcome is known.