The original article goes into great detail as to why we're moving away from local vaults.
That being said, we are looking into gauging user interest in self-hosting. Please take a look at our survey [1] if you want to share your thoughts. Hope that helps!
I don't want self-hosted, and I definitely don't want subscription based. I, 1Password user for many years, want the local vaults!
1Password 6 is great, and I'll keep using it until it quits working on my devices, but no more after that! I used to recommend 1Password so much to people it was borderline evangelizing, but I quit recommending it once the subscription was pushed over the other options, and now that local vaults are going away I'm actively recommending against it to anyone that asks.
Guess I'll be moving to Bitwarden or Keepass myself; time to research!
That being said, we are looking into gauging user interest in self-hosting. Please take a look at our survey [1] if you want to share your thoughts. Hope that helps!
[1] https://survey.1password.com/self-host/