1Password Users Leave Over $300K Donation to Linux Figure With Controversial Views
A $300,000 donation by 1Password to a Linux foundation founder has triggered user departures, though debate centers on the scale and a disputed article's credibility.
What to know
- 1Password's $300,000 donation to a Linux foundation run by a figure known for controversial statements about Roma people triggered user departures.
- Debate centers on whether the negative article about 1Password is legitimate reporting or undisclosed Bitwarden marketing; Bitwarden's founder denied sponsoring it.
- Reddit commenters split sharply: some cite the donation as legitimate grounds to leave, while others dismiss the user exodus as exaggerated hype driven by a handful of posts.
- The article is widely criticized for citing only Reddit comments as evidence of mass exodus rather than surveying actual user churn data.
The dispute Whether the negative article is credible reporting or undisclosed Bitwarden marketing, and whether the user exodus is real or a Reddit echo chamber effect. · positions read across 126 posts and comments
The donation to a figure with extremist rhetoric is reason enough to switch password managers.
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“Despite that, it's a fact that 1password has donated $300000 to the guy that said "When wolves get out of control, you shoot them, when gypsies take over public spaces, you deport them."”
Stilgar314 · Reddit ↗
Most users don't know or care about this controversy; exodus claims are Reddit hype, not real.
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“People are not fleeing it. There are few redditors who said they would do it, that's it. One week and everyone will forget”
ComeOnIWantUsername · Reddit ↗
The article is misleading or undisclosed Bitwarden advertising, not credible reporting.
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“The entire ad is based on Reddit comments. Get out of here with that garbage.”
sharpsicle · Reddit ↗
The article likely contains affiliate links, not direct sponsorship; the donation itself raised legitimate concerns independent of article quality.
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“I haven't found anywhere that says this. There's a disclaimer talking about how they receive compensation for product recommendations, but that sounds more like an affiliate program (of which this site has affiliations with most major…”
mandreko · Reddit ↗
1Password Password manager companyBitwarden Rival password managerLinux Foundation founder Recipient of donationxxkylexx Bitwarden founder
The record 1 articles and posts · last 30 days
What people are saying 24 voices from 1 site · best of 126 · verbatim
- How many 1Password users have actually switched password managers since the donation was announced?
- Was the allaboutcookies.org article created by Bitwarden or does it have affiliate-only ties to the company?
- Sep 4
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Bitwarden is FOSS and you can run it self hosted for free. You can also pay them a reasonable amount to use their cloud and all the features. Support open source instead of corporations run by psychos. Keepass is another great option but it's more for the big nerds who can work around the limitations. It can be outstanding.
- Sep 3
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Found a source for it - [https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/1password-and-37signals-become-distinguished-corporate-patrons/](https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/1password-and-37signals-become-distinguished-corporate-patrons/) \- so it seems to be real.
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your average 1Password user neither knows nor cares about this by the way.
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I heard good things about about 1Password, but do prefer bitwarden’s encrypted blob approach to security and it being free. This wouldn’t make me leave 1Password though if I were using it.
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Not sure why you think that, but I can confirm that Bitwarden didn't sponsor or pay for this article or this website. Source: I am the founder of Bitwarden.
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I'd rather a company sponsor content in this way than spending money I pay for their service to sponsor literal human garbage. Just something to keep in mind when discussing the content. Used 1password for 5 years - tired of the fingerprint login not working on mobile, random login issues on mobile, autocomplete barely being functional, and…
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Is it really “virtue signaling” to not want to give money to someone who advocates for ethnic cleansing? Like do you have a line?
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I jumped off 1password as soon as they went from “buy once, it’s yours forever” to monthly subscription.
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I haven’t found anywhere that says this. There’s a disclaimer talking about how they receive compensation for product recommendations, but that sounds more like an affiliate program (of which this site has affiliations with most major password managers). It doesn’t sound like Bitwarden actually paid for this article from what I can tell?
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I’ve only been able to skim on mobile so far. Where does it say it was a Bitwarden sponsored article?
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Despite that, it's a fact that 1password has donated $300000 to the guy that said "When wolves get out of control, you shoot them, when gypsies take over public spaces, you deport them." And it's also factual that an undetermined number of users have abandoned 1password because of that. I've seen, with my own eyes, some of them asking about…
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The article cites a single Reddit user who claims to have left 1Password for something else as evidence that users are “Fleeing” the app. Anyone who believes anything anyone says on Reddit needs a reality check. Using it as evidence in a published article is insane.
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Somebody should write a article about this reddit comment about an article written about reddit comments. I'd read it.
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It's similar with "mass of people boycott game!!!!", yet the game still makes record sales. Reddit is an echo chamber when it comes to these things
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\* This is a paid advertisement for Bitwarden. ***Edit: Not a paid advertisement according to their founder u/xxkylexx***
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This article is sponsored content. The article is written by Bit Warden, who paid for the placement. Just something to keep in mind when discussing the content.
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People are not fleeing it. There are few redditors who said they would do it, that's it. One week and everyone will forget
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Lol truth. We're still trying to get average users to stop reusing passwords across services or using `Fall2026!`
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The entire ~~article~~ ad is based on Reddit comments. Get out of here with that garbage.
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Because I use more than just one device?
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Yup, my $75 a year goes elsewhere. Now if we can find 3999 other based users 😂
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in my work environment I have 3 PC's I alternate between depending on which office/location I'm working from. At home I have 7... (but in my defence 2 of those I barely use.)
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Dumb. No, I am not fleeing 1Password. I dont feel my information is any less safe after this. The Entire linked article is written like an advertisement for Bitwarden. Its always telling when they decide to give step by step guides to migrate to 1 specific other company, and mention the other company multiple times from random reddit comments.
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bull…. shit average user has no clue about this