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I'd never use a password manager built by Apple for the same reason I don't use Chrome's password manager or Firefox's password manager. All these passwords managers have strong incentives for "working best on <platform>™". I want a password manager independent from any platform like Bitwarden or 1Password, because it's actually valuable for THEM to target all the platforms they can.

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I don't understand. Chrome and Firefox don't have platforms. Which means they run pretty much everywhere they're allowed to.

Apple is the only one of those three that restricts their software to hardware that only they sell. So in that case I do understand your position.

> they run pretty much everywhere they're allowed to.

Yep, they’re allowed to run on Chrome, that’s Google’s platform.

Good luck using your Chrome/Google passwords outside Chrome/Google apps.

Firefox at least does (or used to) offer a Lockbox app to use the password on your phone.

A browser is a platform. I have no easy way to use passwords saved in Chrome in Safari for example.

It matters to me because I use Firefox and Chrome on my work desktop, Safari and Firefox on my personal desktop, and Safari on my phone. And I want the ability to switch browser easily.

Same goes for Apple passwords, I still use Windows for some games, and I want to access my passwords easily.

The problem is that the integrated managers really do work best on platform, i.e. alternatives aren’t nearly as well-integrated.

So here I am using Safari on my computer and phone.

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