This post featured on hackernews argues that users should be aware that this makes your google account only as secure as your weakest device security and thus isn't ideal for the average user: https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/10/10/dont-use-google-passkeys-now
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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I have been incredibly happy with 1Password, and really don't have any plans for switching away from it. I was exploring Bitwarden as a solution for someone else, as an introduction to the system, and it was both not nearly as intuitive, and not nearly as feature-rich
https://github.com/AlfioEmanueleFresta/xdg-credentials-portal is a WIP proposal for a spec to enable OS-level support for FIDO similar to how Windows and macOS do it. Not sure how far away from being approved it is, but that would then make implementations easier to build
Keys in the cloud can be gotten by governments and are always one zero day away from being leaked. Nooo thank you.
It's my understanding that the passkeys are stored encrypted so this is not an issue.
Google deciding to disable your account for no reason is something to fear, though.
https://www.enpass.io/blog/security/enpass-steps-into-the-passwordless-future-with-passkey-management-for-ios/ Apparently, you can use enpass and store your vault self hosted, and it supports passkeys. Was just my first quick google find, don’t know about enpass‘s reputation.
That's my understanding as well, a software fido2 key basically