Open Source Marketing Missteps
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•Bitwarden is no longer free software
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It seems like open source is mostly a marketing gimmick of gathering free traction early on without spending tons of money on advertising and then gradually pulling the rug.
VC -backed competitors will just use the bootstrapped firm's open source work as free R&D. Or even use their open source code in a way which directly competes with the boot-strapped business.
When bootstrappers complain, they all just proclaim "You shouldn't have chosen an open source license if you didn't want this to happen".
Desktop version 2024.10.0 is no longer free software.
I'll have to watch the situation closely and migrate away when need be.
I adopt a 3 -2-1 backup strategy for my Bitwarden password-protected exports.
I use a separate non-Bitwarden solution for my MFA secrets.
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