#Passkeys truly are the new lock in for password managers. I'm trying to be a good citizen and use passkeys wherever I can, but now I can't properly try other password managers without needing to create dozens of new keys. I'm trying Proton Pass now, and it's a major pain.
Extrapolate this out to a world where passkeys are the norm and effectively all of my accounts authenticate this way, and moving your data becomes impossible. :dumpster:
I know the FIDO Alliance and passkey enthusiasts will say that the passkey standard isn't built to lock users in, and migrating them should be possible.
That's well and good, but we're several years into this and zero of the major players support this. Whether you use Apple, Google, 1Password, or anything else, your passkeys are locked to those accounts today. maybe you can move in a few years, but you can't now. Yay.
Something something, don't get a product today based on hopes and dreams of future software updates…
As an aside, Apple is the only place I've been that makes it impossible to use anything besides their password manager for setting up a passkey. It's maddening.
Another way to put this for the Apple enthusiast crowd is to think about how sassy we all were about scrolling jerkiness on Android for many years.
It wasn’t that Android scrolled at 30Hz, it was that it tried to do 60Hz but couldn’t keep up and dropped to the 40-59Hz range. On the fixed rate displays of the time, that jerkiness was caused by uneven frame pacing.
Android is much better these days, but variable refresh displays help remove this jerkiness that just feels bad.
Although if i may be a little sassy, i would highly recommend comparing the two buying options Apple gives you side by side to make a decision about them.
Again, different people have different vision and different sensitivities, but compare your options before dropping $100 extra 🫣
Good lord, I go on YouTube summer vacation and immediately my inbox is full of sponsor requests that I would actually be okay doing…if only I had any videos in the works for anytime before September 😅