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No, they are picking subscriptions 30 times more than licenses. When they first did this it wasn’t hidden at all. The website gave you 2 options side by side.

dsissitka 5y ago
Are you sure? It looks like the license option was hidden almost immediately. https://web.archive.org/web/20160915083507/https://1password.com/sign-up/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160915083507/https://1password...
- Groxx 5y ago
  It was hidden in both the website and the app almost immediately, yeah. Announced in/near August, and your link shows it in September: https://www.windowscentral.com/1password-launches-subscription-service-offers-first-six-months-free https://www.windowscentral.com/1password-launches-subscripti... I remember noticing the announcement of subscriptions (possibly a couple weeks after it happened), being concerned it'd spell the end for dropbox sync so I checked it out ASAP, and then discovering my fears were mostly justified - it still existed (and remained around for a couple years), but it was shoved waaaay off into a corner. E.g. in the next subscription-oriented version of the apps, unless you attached a synced file FIRST, the option for dropbox syncing or standalone licenses was never available. The official instructions for fixing this were to reinstall the app from scratch and attach to the file first, before signing in. Notice that only a few months later, the standalone license mention at the bottom of the page isn't even there any more: https://web.archive.org/web/20170215115945/https://1password.com/sign-up/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170215115945/https://1password... Super hostile behavior, right out the gate. It was clear they were going all-in on subscriptions.
Groxx 5y ago
That's how I intended it, yeah. I'm surprised it's even over 1% of people choosing the standalone license.

dsissitka 5y ago

Are you sure? It looks like the license option was hidden almost immediately. https://web.archive.org/web/20160915083507/https://1password.com/sign-up/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160915083507/https://1password...

Groxx 5y ago
It was hidden in both the website and the app almost immediately, yeah. Announced in/near August, and your link shows it in September: https://www.windowscentral.com/1password-launches-subscription-service-offers-first-six-months-free https://www.windowscentral.com/1password-launches-subscripti... I remember noticing the announcement of subscriptions (possibly a couple weeks after it happened), being concerned it'd spell the end for dropbox sync so I checked it out ASAP, and then discovering my fears were mostly justified - it still existed (and remained around for a couple years), but it was shoved waaaay off into a corner. E.g. in the next subscription-oriented version of the apps, unless you attached a synced file FIRST, the option for dropbox syncing or standalone licenses was never available. The official instructions for fixing this were to reinstall the app from scratch and attach to the file first, before signing in. Notice that only a few months later, the standalone license mention at the bottom of the page isn't even there any more: https://web.archive.org/web/20170215115945/https://1password.com/sign-up/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170215115945/https://1password... Super hostile behavior, right out the gate. It was clear they were going all-in on subscriptions.

Groxx 5y ago

That's how I intended it, yeah. I'm surprised it's even over 1% of people choosing the standalone license.