I have been using Bitwarden for around 7~ years. Subscription for this long too, at 10USD p/year. I will be switching due to lack of transparency, and would love to hear others thoughts on this.
The linked article goes into further detail, but here is a small summary that very much concern me / are sus:
- that 10USD per year has gone up quietly . I just checked and I have no email telling me it's increased. It renews in like 2 months, so this is good timing for me
- Originally Bitwarden had values as apart of the acronym "GRIT". Gratitude, Responsibility, Inclusion, and Transparency. They have changed the last two words to "Innovation, Trust"
- There is now a new CEO, this was not announced and the only reason people outside of Bitwarden know is that someone saw this change on LinkedIn
- The free tier momentarily disappeared from their product page for about a month (april14-may14). People were likely still able to make free accounts during this period. Bitwarden says it was a marketing mistake
The price hike is one thing, but for me the acronym change is most concerning, which is why I will be looking at another password manger (probably keepassxc)
I'm personally self-hosting Vaultwarden precisely to skirt around this issue, but who knows how long will it take for Bitwarden to take the ball home and block Vaultwarden from using the mobile client and the browser add-on.
I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen. if I remember correctly, vaultwarden is helping bitwarden optimize their server since theirs is so much heavier than vaultwarden to run.
That doesn't really matter. Companies who pull this shit can absolutely rugpull the community, and many have done so already.