Currently, every time you choose .json (Encrypted) as the file format in the export function of any of the Bitwarden apps that allows to export, the “Account restricted” option (export type) is the “default” / predefined option.
I would like to suggest, to make the “Password protected” option the new “default” / predefined option, as this option
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doesn’t have the disadvantage of the “account restricted”/“account-bound” option to only work - in the case of importing - with the current Bitwarden account (as it’s already explained in the info texts in the export window, also see the screenshot)
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and that’s also the main reason, I think, that mostly the “password protected” export option is already “the regularly recommended option” for exports
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and those, that may think “the default option will be the best option”, may inadvertently choose the less good “account-restricted” export type when it is still the default – and they may get an unforeseen problem in case of “disaster recovery”, when they then find out, that their “backup” is not longer importable, in case there are problems with their Bitwarden account / access / etc.
Just to visualize it: … Like here, in the browser extension, as soon as you choose .json (Encrypted), currently you get offered the “Account restricted” export type automatically:
… so, please change that to the “Password protected” export type…