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> Another benefit is that this flips all of the "paid" feature flags to true. If you self-host Bitwarden's official setup you still have to pay a subscription t
by sramam 5y ago
> Another benefit is that this flips all of the "paid" feature flags to true. If you self-host Bitwarden's official setup you still have to pay a subscription to use paid features.
As a developer and cheapskate user myself, I understand the appeal of this.
As a product builder, I struggle with what this means to build a business upon an open core model.
- Caligatio 5y agoI would have more of a problem with this if it was a simple fork with a few variables modified to enable features rather than a complete rewrite with a compatible API. None of the paid features are technological breakthroughs (e.g. one just checks HIBP to see if passwords have been leaked) so, imo, it's really the re-implementor that did all the work. I do feel a little bad using the client applications for free given their business model revolves charging for the backend only.
- NoahKAndrews 5y agoWhy not pay for an inexpensive subscription to the hosted version, and just not use it?
- josephcsible 5y agoOpen core is bad, so things that make it more difficult to be successful with it are good.
- sramam 5y agoInteresting perspective. Could you explain why and for whom it's bad? I can't completely tell from your comment - but do you tend open-source or closed-source as an alternative?
- josephcsible 5y agoIt's bad because profits off of open source's good name without actually being open source.