I’m pretty sure this article is making unverified claims. Here’s my understanding from reading some threads on Agilebits’ forum.
All native 1Password apps (mobile and desktop) support creating, reading, and writing local vaults, except 1Password 6 for Windows, which only supports reading local vaults.
The reason 1Password 6 for Windows doesn’t support writing local vaults is that it is a ground-up rewrite of the Windows app, and they have focused their efforts on cloud support since they see that as their main storage offering.
There’s been no indication (afaik) that they intend to remove local vault support from the other clients. Rather, they have indicated that they would like to add local vault support back to the Windows app but it’s not a high priority. See this forum post from April (https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/comment/365276/...):
> Windows is the rare exception where we have to build a brand new program and we're starting out with 1Password.com memberships first and hopefully add local vaults.
They had a blog post that claimed that they were going to add local support when the Win10 version was first announced but quietly never provided said functionality.
That said, I'm quite disappointed in the direction that they are taking and it certainly feels like a money grab to me.
1Password could expand to add things like ssh key support etc. and I would be happy to pay for an upgrade just not an ongoing tax.
All native 1Password apps (mobile and desktop) support creating, reading, and writing local vaults, except 1Password 6 for Windows, which only supports reading local vaults.
The reason 1Password 6 for Windows doesn’t support writing local vaults is that it is a ground-up rewrite of the Windows app, and they have focused their efforts on cloud support since they see that as their main storage offering.
There’s been no indication (afaik) that they intend to remove local vault support from the other clients. Rather, they have indicated that they would like to add local vault support back to the Windows app but it’s not a high priority. See this forum post from April (https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/comment/365276/...):
> Windows is the rare exception where we have to build a brand new program and we're starting out with 1Password.com memberships first and hopefully add local vaults.