There are a dozen of other popular password managers, and most of them innovate faster. RF is no longer the market leader, either in the free or paid categories. which turned out to be a marketing lie.but that’s another topic. Back then the paid version promised perpetual forever updates…. I bought Roboform at the dawn of time (circa 2000 ) because then it was the best (and only) form filler. Sooner or later, the user base of the paid version will also dwindle and the company will fold. The bottom line is this: Free Robofrom is going extinct.
#Roboform version update
Instead of innovations and better features they give us update nags and stealth backdoor restrictions. Like me, if you sync/backup pwd data yourself and use more than one device, don't update to 9.4.1.Īs someone who has been an early adopter and has used both paid and free versions, I've lost trust in the company and in the product. If you copy the file to another device, it will work in "Read Only" mode, which means you have to manually copy/paste passwords to your browser. If I read this correctly, RF data file is now tied to a particular device. Copying your user data file to other devices manually will not allow to access it from the installed RoboForm applications." So now your options are either buy a subscription to continue using RoboForm across multiple devices, or select only one device to continue using RoboForm for free. "We have updated our license enforcement to ensure that the free RoboForm version only is used on a single device. There is no online info explaining what this marketing jargon actually means. Free Device switching: Free Device can be moved to new device, up to 3 times total.Read Only mode: even when you have no license, you can view and copy/paste your login info.New Licensing scheme with Read Only mode and Free Device switching.The latest RoboForm (9.4.1) release note says:
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