Bitwarden 200% Price Increase(bitwarden.com)
1 pointby jandeboevrie10 hours ago3 comments
  • phren0logy10 hours ago
    Still a compelling value. I keep eyeing it to see if I should switch from 1Password, but I also worry about the complexity of transitioning the whole family over.
  • chrisjj10 hours ago
    Bogus title.

    True: Bitwarden launches enhanced premium plan: Complete online security for everyone

  • toomuchtodo10 hours ago
    Enshittification arrives as it always does.
    • colesantiago10 hours ago
      Can you please explain how paying less than $100 a month is enshittification?
      • toomuchtodo10 hours ago
        Like private equity, the price will need to keep going up. Bitwarden has financial targets to hit, they took $100M in VC money in 2022. LastPass is currently owned by PE as well (Francisco Partners and Elliott Management). As an investor, in this context, you're buying the lock in and inertia for customers who might take their time moving to other user secret and idp systems (because it takes time and effort to effectively move with minimal enterprise disruption).

        Once these comments burn in after ~2 hours, we can of course revisit the thread in the future to see if this turns out to be an accurate prediction. I admit, I could be wrong, predicting the future is hard, but history is fairly clear how this turns out (to the point that "enshittification" was coined).

        Bitwarden raises $100M - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32735479 - September 2022 (497 comments)

        Accelerating Value for Bitwarden Users - Bitwarden raises $100 million - https://bitwarden.com/blog/accelerating-value-for-bitwarden-... - September 6th, 2022

        • colesantiago6 hours ago
          I still don't get how this is "enshittification"?

          Bitwarden has to compete with LastPass, Dashlane, 1Password, etc for market share to be around. I mean what should they do not to be seen as "enshittifying"?

          Also:

          1. Bitwarden is open source, so for those that think it is "enshittifying", can run it for free?

          2. So what isn't being "enshittified"? Anything that is open source, free, not owned by PE or VCs and will never take investment?

          1Password was bootstrapped for almost 15 years without investment then took investment and suddenly now counts as being "enshittified"?

          It seems that "enshittification" (by definition) is incompatible with market competition and fosters it.