I think you projected a tone that was not there. It's cool though. Just keep in mind that your interpretation is not always reality.

Literally anything can "enshittify". A project being open source does not ensure that won't happen.

you can’t fork it.

Well, technically you can, there's nothing stopping you. There are 121 forks already. Not sure you can distribute it though.

Regardless of all of this, it's just like any app or service. You can use it while it meets your needs and drop it when it doesn't. In this particular case, you can at least see the source code and actually make sure that there's nothing bad in there.

Re-read my comment. Did I say "open source"? Also, I reiterate my question, what does it being source available entail for you? Is there anything more insecure? Is there something you can't do? This sounds more like a pet peeve than an actual problem.

Well, it's not a need but a preference. I specifically asked what about it being "only" source available was preventing them from doing and they did not provide a response.

Uhm, no? I was talking about BW only as a client for Vaultwarden and mentioned thar Keyguard is an alternative client. There's nothing "enshitified" about it. What exactly is the issue about it only being source available?

So no real reason then. Gotcha.

What is it exactly that you want to do but can't? Anyone can audit the code, you could see if they were doing something sketchy. Sounds lile you just want to complain.

Their github page is public and you can review the code if you want to. What are you talking about?

And yet here they are, talking to people.

the client apps are still only supplied by Bitwarden

Not true. You could also use Keyguard.

I get your point but their argument is basically moving the goalpost. The important thing is if the company is net profitable, and they're not.

Except that it doesn't? They claimed 33bn in revenue, but they had 104bn net loss. So no, they were not profitable. In their IPO they literally claim to not be profitable and that they don't ensure they'll be profitable "in the future". Not the near future, just the future as a whole.