I think at his rate it can almost be safely assumed that US Tech and Free (in both sense of that word) can't be in the same sentence.

So far the only source so take with a grain of salt but seriously, just because #bitwarden has European data centres doesn't mean you own your data.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91542655/bitwarden-scrubs-always-free-and-inclusion-values-from-its-website-as-longtime-execs-step-down

#Bitwarden cancella "Always free" dal sito: cosa sta succedendo al #password manager #opensource ?
https://www.hwupgrade.it/news/sicurezza-software/bitwarden-cancella-always-free-dal-sito-cosa-sta-succedendo-al-password-manager-open-source_153653.html

#enshittification #alert

Is Bitwarden preparing for a sale?

https://janlukas.blog/links/2026/05/bitwarden-sale

Sieben Mitarbeiter, sieben Notizzettel unter der Tastatur — wer sich um IT-Sicherheit kümmert, hat das schon gesehen.

Open-Source, Premium oder Compliance-orientiert — drei Wege, die in der Praxis sehr unterschiedlich enden.

Drei Tools, ehrlich nebeneinander:
https://markt-sicht.de/posts/passwort-manager-firmenalltag/u/mastodon/6fe7358b58f0cc96/

Mit welchem Tool seid ihr im Betrieb gelandet?

#PasswortManager #ITSicherheit #KMU #Bitwarden

Ah, I see it’s another “centralized software service pivots to private equity” day

#bitwarden #enshittification

Yay. Da muss ich mich wohl nach einem anderen #Passwortmanager umschauen.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/05/15/1858235/bitwarden-scrubs-always-free-and-inclusion-values-from-its-website

#Bitwarden

So…Bitwarden quietly swapped their CEO for a PE exit specialist, dropped “Always free”, rewrote their values, then half-scrubbed a 4 year old blog post to cover it. Post still contradicts itself. I looked. There was no announcement.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden

#bitwarden #passwordmanager #selfhosting #userhostile #privacy #blog #vaultwarden #privateequity