Question

Please deploy 1P8 to App Store

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
August 9, 2022
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Hi there,

I had a bit of a search (admittedly it may have been a boy look) but I can't seem to find the reasoning behind not releasing 1Password 8 in the macOS App Store. I get some people will probably disagree with this, but having it on the App Store was such a useful feature for less technically inclined people (which i think 1P generally is good for). A lot of them don't want to have to go to an external website to download 1P, and some of them having grown up only ever using iPhones (or Android) and being used to an App Store style deployment system - it just makes sense.

Is it possible that someone from the 1P team can maybe elaborate/explain the reasoning behind not deploying to the macOS App Store? (& to a lesser extent the Windows Store?) - it just seems such a waste. The updates functionally of the App Store makes it so easy for those who aren't confident.

Cheers

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Anonymous

I was looking to add a similar post but see this one to which I'd add my +1 to please bring 1PW8 to the App Store.

On a related note, one excuse used for forcing the separate standalone browser app is that apple requires all browser extensions be provided via the app store. With 1PW7 and earlier the lightweight integrated browser extension (that worked well) was part of the main app and so already met this requirement.

If 1PW8 was released via the App Store there would be no need for a separate independent browser app - the previous behavior could be maintained and the lightweight integrated browser extension could be brought back.

Also on a related note, the standalone browser app is released via the App Store, but the main 1PW8 app is not. This really makes no sense.

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