Comment by nugget
8 hours ago
Great find. This blog post - and specifically the background of the new management team - convinced me to start looking for a Bitwarden alternative. I’m watching the same “boil the frog” strategy unfold at Namecheap, and erode much of the brand trust they had built up over a decade, and it’s a shame.
> I’m watching the same “boil the frog” strategy unfold at Namecheap, and erode much of the brand trust they had built up over a decade, and it’s a shame.
What's happening with Namecheap? I've been a user for a long time and haven't noticed anything.. Maybe I'm one of the frogs being boiled!
Same question, I use CloudFlare for alot of API DNS stuff but register with name cheap because it's been a a good service provider so far.
Have you settled on a BitWarden alternative, or a short list you’re considering?
Proton Pass. I stopped using Bitwarden for a different reason, the mobile app was too slow when not connected to internet. I can't accept such slowness, the company will definitely give justifications for this. But I don't care, let me see my passwords or notes for a website immediately. Proton Pass is better in this regard.
Proton Pass cannot be self-hosted.
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What’s wrong with self hosted vaultwarden ? I guess there isn’t a FLOSS extension client/app?
Presumably the bitwarden apps will stop working with them eventually
addig Vaulwarden compatibility to already FOSS mobile password managers might be the path of least resistance
or pooling together tokens and asking Claude nicely to make a mobile app
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That's funny, Bitwarden and Namecheap are the two things I've migrated away from as well.
The switch to Vaultwarden was insanely easy.
Just curious, why Namecheap?
I honestly don't remember what annoyed me at first.
But auto renewals not working at times for some reason, credit cards not being saved, prices rising vs competitors.
Just switched everything to CloudFlare since I'm always pointing to it anyways and use a lot of their services.
And gandi.net.
GlassDoors reveal the other side of the story
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Bitwarden-Reviews-E4337610...
Wow, another site that now refuses to play ball unless you sign in.
Guess I'll never be visiting Glass Door again then.
GlassDoor has been gross about this for years.
Not sure if still the case but normally you have to not only 'sign in' but also feed them information (e.x. salary at a position, write a review, etc.) in order to be able to view much of anything.
They also do not give a shit about obvious 'juicing' (i.e. when it is obvious that upper management and/or HR is adding reviews where the 'con' reads like one of those softball warning phrases in a job description.)
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With the AI(?) bots doing a DDOS on on public websites via residential proxies the future is all website will require login.
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I can kind if understand how forcing everyone to add on to the pile of content, from a business point of view.
However they may have proved that they are indeed.. trash. Maybe even a few times.
One such case was https://www.forrester.com/blogs/glassdoors-mishandling-of-cu...
In my eyes they are in the same class of Facebook, uservoice, Pinterest, Quora etc.
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Ironic, given their name.
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All but one of the reviews for my company are completely fake (at Glassdoor).
it goes into an infinite redirect loop for me. lol.