I find this move concerning, and wish that the Founder had looked for a new CEO that shared his values rather than a Private Equity and Mergers Expert.
Furthermore, the change to the GRIT motto is worrying. Trust is useless without Transparency when it comes to code and security.
Experienced this with 1 Password. Experienced this with Enpass in another way. Really doesn’t want to experience this with Bitwarden especially because of self-hosting. Let’s hold thumbs but, apparently, it was fun while it lasted…