Any password manager is a good and secure alternative because they do not have any interest in knowing or exposing your password. They will run out of business very quick if they allow it!
Passwords are just a method to identify you as you in the internet so they can sell you stuff! Even google will go to great extents to guarantee you is you because is at its core business.
For sites where you do not trust passwords you can use 2FA of a secondary provider.
For sites that are really important you probably will have a dedicated app (government ids, work…) as they do have invested interest on nobody else knowing your password.
So yes, they are as secure as technically possible.
Special note about file based PM: the only person interested on that file to be secret is you! So those are great source of discomfort for me as files are heavily analyzed by systems and platforms. And any file can be brute forced open given enough processing power or enough tech (AI, Quantum computing…) So don’t lie yourself: going lone wolf do not make it safer.
Linux devices can’t be counted because privacy is something for linux users. But is way more extended than windows: smart tvs, smart speakers, smart sensors, smart potatoes, car infotainment, datacenters, handheld devices… Any person owns way more linux devices than windows and mac combined. Windows is just a toy for gamers and outdated office workers. MS knows that.
The problem is that big organizations requires big support firms behind. The biggest players has that. There are few organizations that can support OS but they do not talk very well the same language as high leaders. The problem comes from both sides: dumb leaders (not only in EU, sorry people…) vs highly developed lobbies.
Any password manager is a good and secure alternative because they do not have any interest in knowing or exposing your password. They will run out of business very quick if they allow it! Passwords are just a method to identify you as you in the internet so they can sell you stuff! Even google will go to great extents to guarantee you is you because is at its core business. For sites where you do not trust passwords you can use 2FA of a secondary provider. For sites that are really important you probably will have a dedicated app (government ids, work…) as they do have invested interest on nobody else knowing your password. So yes, they are as secure as technically possible.
Special note about file based PM: the only person interested on that file to be secret is you! So those are great source of discomfort for me as files are heavily analyzed by systems and platforms. And any file can be brute forced open given enough processing power or enough tech (AI, Quantum computing…) So don’t lie yourself: going lone wolf do not make it safer.