There has been a stir on the web due to the possible changes that the 1Password application is carrying out regarding the payment method. Before starting to say that all this is totally reasonable and that we see it lawful and interesting that since it was developed they add an annual subscription method to the application, we have to clarify that today 1Password one-time or licensed purchase remains operational in the Mac app.
This application that so many users use to remember passwords and make these real fortresses of access, has always been a paid application. It has its free version for download but for the best use of all the functions you have the option of payment.
The stir that has arisen in some media about the application refers to the annual subscription method that will push the option of storing these passwords in its own cloud. Although it is true that from AgileBits, they have been quick to deny the intentions to eliminate the current system of single payment and local storage within the team itself, in Dropbox or iCloud, they want to implement substantial improvements in the future such as travel mode or similar and for that they are directing their way towards the annual subscription payment method.
For now, the issue of annual subscription with payments benefits application developers such as 1Password to continue maintaining the application, in addition to adding improvements to it. But rest assured that for now and for what we can see right now the option to buy the license and continue to keep the passwords stored outside the cloud that is being talked about in the network 1Password is possible by paying 69,99 euros.
Obviously with this single payment you will not have to pay each year for the application as advertised in the application itself developer's website.