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Maybe just comply with GDPR?
I've used 1password for 10+ years without any billing issues at all.
Personally I value other factors such as work/life-balance, coworkers, work-benefits and salary higher than the individual task I’m completing on a day to day basis.
Mechanical keyboards is a huge rabbit hole (reddit.com/r/mechanicalKeyboards).
I split my keyboards up in three categories: writing, programming, gaming.
For gaming i like to have a smaller keyboard with easy reach for all the essential keys. Here i often use a split keyboard or a 60% keyboard.
For programming i dont like too small keyboards (less than 60% is frustrating) and i don't enjoy programming using split keyboards.
For writing i often use 40% or split keyboards.
Currently at my home office i use an Alice-style keyboard from Switch Couture [1]. Here i have silent linear switches (Rosélios [2]). I like the alice-style for my general work, as i both write a lot of emails and do a bit of programming. From time to time i switch to one of my split keyboards, if i have a lot of writing to do. I currently don't have a favorite split board, but i use both Kyria [3] and Lily58 [4]. The stagger is a bit different and i'm not sure which i like more. I have an unbuild Corne [5] that i'm gonna try soon.
I don't often go to the office, but when i do, i take a small 40% board with me. It's a simple AMJ40 [6] that doesn't take up much space. At the office, most days go with in-person meetings anyway, so not much typing is done.
When i'm off work, i usually switch to either a Space65 or Think6.5 V2. Both are 65% from Graystudio [7]. The Space65 uses Holy Panda switches, which are louder tactile switches on an aluminium plate, whereas the Think6.5 V2 uses Gateron Milky Yellows on a FR4 plate, which are much more quiet. If i decide to do some gaming, i usually pull out one half of my Kyria and switch to one of my gaming layers. I have layers for WoW, Diablo, LoL, HotS etc.
I have other boards too, but they rarely see use, as these 6 boards seems to cover my needs.
As i said to start with, this is a rabbit hole. I've spend $3000 on keyboards in 2020, as i needed a covid hobby. I stopped buying new boards and accessories in the start of 2021, as the spending and FOMO got out of hand. Had to go cold turkey.
[1] https://switchcouture.com/products/switch-couture-acrylic-al...
[2] https://zealpc.net/products/sakurio-roselio
[4] https://keyhive.xyz/shop/lily58
[5] https://keyhive.xyz/shop/corne-v3
[6] https://flashquark.com/product/amj40-40-mechanical-keyboard-...
I’ve never seen this as an issue.
What if your twitter/fb/google account gets suspended for whatever reason? All of a sudden you can’t login to a plethora of sites.
What my point is, i would recommend not reading a whole lot of information on a variety of topics, but talk with the experts at your company and see what they recommend. If you have a specific topic in mind, then of course you can grab a book or take an online course, but as an architect there's too many topic to cover and be an expert in all of them.
So no, I wouldn’t pay or even use it.