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If only password managers were consistent across all devices and apps. But I think is by far the most broken experience in any cross-platform use case. Since I

If only password managers were consistent across all devices and apps. But I think is by far the most broken experience in any cross-platform use case. Since I’m an Apple user I would love to use their keychain but if I want that consistency in my browser I need to use Safari and I prefer Chrome. If I was an Android user I guess I would get the Chrome keychain by default in my android device, but not making that switch just for a password manager. I also have 1Password at work and personal 1Password but I don’t use it anymore because I have found that is pretty easy to save passwords to my work vault which apparently will be completely lost if I ever separate from my company. So now I’m forced to consider something like Dashlane to get the cross environment experience but then again it will probably be very broken. Basically passwords are the most terribly user experience that you need to deal with. It’s like having to go and do your necessities before the toilet existed. It probably was wildly uncomfortable and inconvenient. Someone needs to invent what’s toilets are to shit, because the password experience is just that shitty.

Semaphor 7y ago
> If I was an Android user I guess I would get the Chrome keychain by default in my android device, but not making that switch just for a password manager. You could actually get whatever you want, PW managers can register themselves as one system-wide (at least in newer Android versions).
- ollie87 7y ago
  They do on iOS now too. That's how I keep my passwords sync'd across multiple platforms using Firefox Lockwise.
  - whoisjuan 7y ago
    But does it work with the native keyboard when it sees a password field? Edit: Nevermind. I see it now. I need to explore this. It just that it can’t be 1Password for the reasons mentioned above. Any good alternative that someone can recommend?
    - newscracker 7y ago
      You could try Bitwarden (it’s not as rich as 1Password, but is adequate for web logins, cards, etc.). You can even self host forks of it if you wish. You get a lot for free, but it also has some paid tiers that are quite cheap with additional features.
    - Nullabillity 7y ago
      KeePassXC + KeePass2Android works fine for me. Sprinkle with SyncThing for syncing.
jupp0r 7y ago
I've been using 1Password for 9 years now with >1k passwords in my vault. I'm mostly happy with it exactly because of the smooth cross device experience (all Apple based, though).
donmatito 7y ago
Dashlane is somewhat ok. The mobile experience is broken (you'd have to use their browser I guess, never tried), and you probably cannot install it behind a corporate firewall but I'm a happy customer for 5 years because of a killer feature : the ability to share passwords with my wife across our desktop and laptops, for all the websites we need to access both (from library to utilities, official websites, kids schools, etc, etc)

Semaphor 7y ago

> If I was an Android user I guess I would get the Chrome keychain by default in my android device, but not making that switch just for a password manager. You could actually get whatever you want, PW managers can register themselves as one system-wide (at least in newer Android versions).

ollie87 7y ago
They do on iOS now too. That's how I keep my passwords sync'd across multiple platforms using Firefox Lockwise.
- whoisjuan 7y ago
  But does it work with the native keyboard when it sees a password field? Edit: Nevermind. I see it now. I need to explore this. It just that it can’t be 1Password for the reasons mentioned above. Any good alternative that someone can recommend?
  - newscracker 7y ago
    You could try Bitwarden (it’s not as rich as 1Password, but is adequate for web logins, cards, etc.). You can even self host forks of it if you wish. You get a lot for free, but it also has some paid tiers that are quite cheap with additional features.
  - Nullabillity 7y ago
    KeePassXC + KeePass2Android works fine for me. Sprinkle with SyncThing for syncing.

jupp0r 7y ago

I've been using 1Password for 9 years now with >1k passwords in my vault. I'm mostly happy with it exactly because of the smooth cross device experience (all Apple based, though).

donmatito 7y ago

Dashlane is somewhat ok. The mobile experience is broken (you'd have to use their browser I guess, never tried), and you probably cannot install it behind a corporate firewall but I'm a happy customer for 5 years because of a killer feature : the ability to share passwords with my wife across our desktop and laptops, for all the websites we need to access both (from library to utilities, official websites, kids schools, etc, etc)