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If you use a password manager you would have a backup ready whenever you needed it. Relying solely on your browser to keep all this information ready and available all of the time even with regular updates and many scenarios where this data could be corrupted, is not a wise idea. You should never put 100% trust into any software you use. You use it as a customer, not as a loyal servant. Your responsibility is to have enough awareness and knowledge to understand the lay of the land and have options should things go wrong, should software not be up to scratch, should you need to migrate, backup, upgrade etc. Relying on a distant entity you've never met to do all the work for you is, well, when you put it that way futile in the long run. Anything can and often will go wrong. But you'll look foolish when you're trying to chase down a multi-billion dollar software giant because they messed up your passwords. The same can be said for anything regarding computers on and offline. If this website goes down tomorrow, what will you do? Do you have alternative communities? What happens when you lose your credit card? Or your car keys? You can't blame Toyota if you lose them down a covering outside your house. Your bank won't rush to empty their coffers so you can continue to live if you can't access an ATM.
When things happen like this it really shows you that everything and anything can be wiped at a minutes notice, accidentally or otherwise. Tomorrow it could be your entire computer and perhaps decades of family photos, work documents, whatever else you may have on there. Don't assume the software you use, or even the computers/devices you use, are able to fix things when the proverbial hits the fan.
Have a plan to fall back on when things like this happen.
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