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Additional v7 standalone licence?!
@ AgileBits,
as you can see many users are not happy about v8 at all. A not so small part of your Mac-users (like me) will switch to another app because they do not like the way you have chosen.
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we knew that 1Password 8 would not include standalone licensing nor local vault support
I think there is sometimes a bit of confusion with the use of the phrase "local vault". 1PW does have local vaults in the sense that the vaults always exist on the device and can be accessed even if there is no internet connection. What it does not have, going forward, is standalone vaults, which can be synchronised between devices without a cloud connection (to 1password.com or .ca or .eu).
Some people, particularly those who use these forums, want standalone vaults for excellent reasons. I can see significant disadvantages to standalone vaults for the less computer literate, and that could be a reason to get rid of them.
But notice that AgileBits are currently surveying whether users might want a self-hosted web server, which removes the disadvantages of the cloud. They weren't even able to consider it previously as they felt that WebDAV (for instance0 had too many technical issues. This possibility seems to me an advantage of the new back-end.
