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Popular Password Manager LastPass Doubles Price of Its Premium Plan, Removes features From Its Free Service Tier (neowin.net)
An anonymous reader shares a report: In November, LastPass made a big change to its service, allowing users to keep track of their passwords across all their internet-enabled mobile and desktop devices, free of charge. In addition to the free tier, the cross-platform password manager - available on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 -- also offered a Premium plan with additional features, priced at $12 per year. Today, LastPass announced another wave of changes to its lineup for individual users -- but this time, the changes are unlikely to be welcomed with open arms by its customers. LastPass Premium has now doubled in price to $24 a year, which includes "emergency access, the ability to share single passwords and items with multiple people, priority tech support, advanced multi-factor authentication, LastPass for applications, and 1GB of encrypted file storage," along with all the other features of the Free tier. In a statement, the company said, "While LastPass Free continues to offer access on all browsers and devices and the core LastPass password management functionality, unlimited sharing and emergency access are now Premium features. Free users will be able to share one item with one other individual.
It sounds like an interesting tool, and if I needed those features in the âoeProfessionalâ, $24 a year would probably be worth it. And if not? Well, there are alternatives. Seriously, whatâ(TM)s the aim of a âoestoryâ like this? Shame that a company needs to make money on a product? Arenâ(TM)t we beyond the âoeeverything has to be free as in beerâ mentality? I know itâ(TM)s shocking and all, but this as earth-shaking as the last story which should be re-titled âoeProfessional Shill with Bias Promotes Commercial Product to Fight the Evils of Tor!â
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