Will Google kill 1Password, LastPass and others?
Google is promoting Chrome's and Android's password management feature very heavily with the latest release. Are these companies doomed?
No. Password managers are applicable beyond browser & android environments. Beyond that, other products provide features & UX that may be preferred, and some companies require a specific password manager (and forbid the use of Google's offerings).
Here’s the major flaw. With iCloud Keychain Or Chrome it assumes that platform as central to everything you do. All it takes is one exception to be really annoying. For example I don’t use chrome on my iPhone. I don’t use safari on my work laptop. Etc.
If you can get access, the access outside the core platforms are afterthoughts. Such as iCloud keychains chrome plugin.
Apps like 1password don’t favor one platform over another. There isn’t a conflict of interest for which platforms will be supported.
No, but LastPass is already dead so
No. I don't want to get locked out of my password manager by some algorithmic mistake (like has happened to some users that have their Google accounts locked).
I'm on a iOS device, so I highly doubt Google's password management is enough to make me switch from 1Password.
I don't trust Google as much these days and try to move away from walled gardens rather than adopt more of their offerings