This is a cost to us - time to support some additional users and some extra development and maintenance of the app to enable the free service - but unlike with Kee Vault 1 there is no ongoing cost to us or other users when someone uses the free version of the app. With Kee Vault 2, we can offer an alternative approach for those who cannot afford to pay for the best quality password management service so I’m really pleased that we can donate the full Kee Vault app experience on Android without any account sign-up being necessary. Therefore I’ve always required a subscription from those users that benefit from the Kee Vault service and I’m grateful to all the users that share this vision. No doubt there are companies that start out believing it’ll be different for them but it’s likely only a matter of time until the reality of mounting bills forces a change of strategy and it’s always you that suffers. “Free until we decide we have captured enough of your data to hold you to ransom”, “free because we overcharge a small portion of naive customers to subsidise you” or “free because we sell your personal data” are the most common strategies used by companies offering free services on the internet. The only way to do that while supplying an ongoing service is to require a small contribution from users towards the costs associated with that service. Personally, I’ve always wanted to enable as many people as possible to benefit from great quality password management with no strings attached. We can’t wait to hear what you think of the new app so please install it now from Google Play:

Automatic backup protection of your passwords, in case your device gets lost or breaks.Access from an unlimited number of devices, including on any desktop machine or iOS device.Kee Vault supporters that contribute with a regular subscription payment still enjoy these additional benefits of the Kee Vault service: It’s fully featured and working excellently on our test phones but we need you to help us to test it on a wider variety of devices before we officially launch and promote it. I’m delighted to announce that Kee Vault 2 for Android will be available to everyone for free! The pre-release version is available now in the Google Play store.

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