[image] Skiff Pages/Drive (Productivity Tools) We require both productivity tools and notebooks to be open-source This is interesting requirement considering that you recommend 1Password, a closed source password manager that arguably protects even more sensitive data. So, your stricter requir…

I’m sorry but recommending something just because it’s open source is also not the way imo. Most people cannot read code and audit the product themselves. The only thing they can do is hope that someone else did and keeps doing it (when changes happen) and then also should compile the code themselve…

[image] RandomGuyyy: I’m sorry but recommending something just because it’s open source is also not the way imo. I’m not recommending for anything just because it’s open source. I’m recommending against something because it’s closed source. [image] RandomGuyyy: Most people cannot read c…

[image] anon11657877: Most people don’t know how a car works and can’t repair it but they can still drive. and can’t tell if a car has a safety defect. This is the lamest analogy that I have heard in a long while. :man_facepalming:t2:

The point is you don’t have to know how something works in order to use it.

[image] anon49578468: No reason to not have this requirement now that there are good options all around. [image] anon48875053: There are enough options already. [image] fria: There are so many open source password managers available now there’s no reason not to make it a requiremen…

[image] RandomGuyyy: recommending something just because it’s open source is also not the way [image] anonymous372: Open source doesn’t mean [image] Bhaelros: the people who are doing witch hunt against closed-source apps just because it is not open-source. [image] anonymous3…

@anon11657877 I am glad we agree, basically nothing new is being said and hasn’t since atleast 2024. I blame @jonah for flip flopping every few months :joy: [image] jonah: I think we could re-evaluate this once Proton Pass is out and there are multiple open-source cloud-based password manager…

If it becomes a requirement, I would also expect Jonah or someone else to audit the code. Otherwise it sounds like “Yeah it’s open source, it’s safe. We didn’t check but someone else in the world probably did and if it’s bad it would probably be known”. I would argue that 1password has a good reputa…

A published audit from a reputable, independent third party is already required criteria regardless of source availability , and I wouldn’t expect that requirement to go away any time soon.

Exactly so I think the software being open source doesn’t add a lot imo

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