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"The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden" (it isn't good) (blog.ppb1701.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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If you are interested in privacy you are probably interested in password storage ... plus I wanted everyone to know about the inevitable future enshitification of this product. Spread the word and replacement recommendations are welcome too.

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[–] 96 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This is really disappointing... I figured the open source nature of Bitwarden would save it from enshittification but as the author says, in the end, the company doesn't need to keep it open source.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    That's the difference between libre software and merely open source software.

    Libre licenses make it hard or impractical to close the source at a later date.

    Open source licenses are much more permissive and allow any entity to produce a closed source derivation at any time.

    Libre licenses are all about strategically protecting the software commons from privatization.

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