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>Saving ~$10-50 a year on something as useful and vital as a password manager in order to “roll your own” is such a bad tradeoff. This. I find it really strang
by the_snooze 6y ago
>Saving ~$10-50 a year on something as useful and vital as a password manager in order to “roll your own” is such a bad tradeoff.
This. I find it really strange that tech-savvy folks---who almost certainly have thousands of dollars worth of equipment---would cheap out on a password manager. You want a password manager that's secure, reliable, well-maintained, and usable. And doubly so if you want your less tech-savvy family to get the benefits and conveniences of using a password manager. Those things cost money. And $60/year (on the high end of things) is a bargain for what you're getting.
- munchbunny 6y agoAnd doubly so if you want your less tech-savvy family to get the benefits and conveniences of using a password manager. Definitely agree with this. I might consider setting up Keepass for myself (though I actually just pay for 1Password), but my lay friends would bounce off the setup and maintenance work of rolling your own Keepass setup immediately, and then I'd be on the hook to help them troubleshoot. I'd rather just point them at Bitwarden or 1Password. It works well enough and has good enough support that they get an operational password manager with minimal hassle and I don't have to spend time supporting it. Sure, you don't control their clouds, and 1Password isn't open source, but even so it's a dramatic improvement on a lay user's account security.