I'm glad to see this getting more attention because it has been brewing for months and 1Password is essentially doing what they promised they wouldn't - forcing users to the subscription/online model my phasing out support for local vaults.

I'm not mad at the subscription. I'd pay them the few bucks a month happily for what is an excellent application cross-platform. I AM mad at the forced cloud sync.

My current plan is to keep using 1PW 4 on Windows as long as possible and then re-evaluate when I absolutely have to. KeePass is a close alternative, but nowhere near as polished at this point.