1Password Replied to My Disappointment

jadar

This seems like a very reasonable and thoughtful response. You have plenty of password manager options if it bothers you.

BluSyn

Merging tech and politics like this is insufferable, and most of us are tired of it. Omacom foundation is funding good open source dev work. I see nothing wrong with that, and their response was perfectly reasonable. If you think you can do better, start a competing foundation. Whinging about it just makes you lose all objectivity; now your opinions on actual technology are less relevant as your personal bias is on full display.

gustavus

I care far far far more about technical excellence and capability when it comes to security critical pieces of software like 1Password and as long as they demonstrate they are capable then I could care less if the founder voted Rasputin and worships Morgoth. I don't care if the guy who made my hammer is a Pastifarian I care how well the hammer hammers, I don't care if my accountant likes to dress up as a skunk and go to conventions demanding people address him by Sir Reginald Stinkington as long as he does a good job at my taxes. In this case it seems the concern is that the company donated to an OS project that is headed by a guy whom you don't like.... That just seems like there are plenty of other problems to address in the world.

mapontosevenths

For the curious. This is the thing everyone is mad about. [0] I'll leave it you to decide if advocating that your country deport the homeless people who are publicly defecating in the bushes makes you into actual Hitler (as he's been compared to even in this post). [0] https://world.hey.com/dhh/wolves-sheep-and-gypsies-ba44af6a

embedding-shape

The linked toot (?) ( https://social.lol/@mcn/117204227884873406 ) puts things in a understandable way: > Most importantly my entire family uses it. You know how difficult it was to get them to use a password manager consistently. [...] I asked my parents whether they knew of linux or dhh and they do not. Most people dont. They will ask: why move if its working and no issue with the software itself. [...] Say I find a new one, am I suppose to research what their corporate policy is and who they support. Sorry, I have a life to live. It's just such an uphill battle to get anyone you care about to use a password manager, getting them to switch it out unless it stops working would probably be ever harder.

its-summertime

> Our contribution is made to the Omacom Foundation, not to an individual However, from DHH: > Before this can be an amazing system for everyone, it first has to be an amazing system for me, personally. By DHH's own words, all money currently is 100% spent on DHH's desires. That is a contribution to an individual.

toofy

thanks. i had no idea. apparently bitwarden can import data vaults super easily from 1passwd. guess i’ll be recommending clients to bitwarden from here.

AlexandrB

> As I grow older, I am feeling the need to stand up and try to protect my values. I agree. I'm tired of repeated bad faith interpretations of anyone who shows even the slightest disagreement with the current political milieu. Opinions that were considered anodyne in 2010 are now "far right, "fascism", and "genocide". This whole approach is grossly undemocratic as it treats half the country as a problem to be solved or worked around. This is far more authoritarian than stuff supported by many of the supposed fascists.

throwmeaway876

I have never seen a more obnoxious and pointless effort to politicize and raise awareness about something absolutely nobody cares about. What about worry about things that matter instead? There's more unjust things out there to be mad about than the company behind your password manager supporting a linux distribution associated with a guy you dislike.