PSA: I dropped $200 on a password manager that made my life harder, not easier

Last month I bought a 1-year subscription to that big-name password manager everyone raves about. Figured it would autofill everything and keep me safe, you know? But every time I tried logging into a site, it either wouldn't recognize the field or popped up with some weird permission request. I spent like 3 evenings fighting with it across my phone and laptop. Then my bank locked me out because the manager kept messing with the 2FA codes. I finally dumped it and just went back to writing passwords in a notebook I keep in my desk drawer. Has anyone else found those premium managers more trouble than they're worth?

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rileyjones1mo ago

Last week I spent 45 minutes trying to log into my Netflix account because the password manager kept suggesting a login from 2018 for a site called "Netflx" that I definitely never signed up for. I actually felt a little stupid when I realized I could just type the password myself in about 10 seconds. I'm sticking with sticky notes on my monitor until technology figures out how to not fight me every step of the way.

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the_felix1mo ago

Used to roll my eyes at people who said sticky notes were safer than password managers. But after spending twenty minutes fighting with my manager to autofill the wrong credentials on a plumbing supply site, I completely get it. Sometimes the low tech solution really is the better one.