My point is the interface; it can interface with phones through the camera, laptops through camera or SD and finally even desktops without webcam through the SD card. This is highly versatile. And password entry is much faster through the keypad than through the BitBox touch menu.
There is a saying that everyone praises his own horse, and I think that is the case here with Bakkum indirectly praising his own wallet.
Of course that's what he's doing, but he's not honest about it. Of course you can advertise your own product, but strawmanning the competition is not elegant.
I think that Bitbox02 is very good open source device, but it's far from perfect and I personally don't like direct USB connection without cable
because I can't use it properly on my desktop computer and I need cable extension, or to use it on my laptop.
If I had to choose wallet with USB connection or airgap, I would use airgap option in 99%
Well, it comes with an extension cable, so it's no difference if it has a male or female USB port on it, except that with their design you don't need the cable when using a laptop, whereas you do always need one if you opt for a female plug on the hardware wallet. But I agree that QR codes are more comfortable, also because they work with any device that has a camera and you never need a cable.
I will write reviews about both and both are great products in my opinion, but Bakkum's article is disingenuous.
I don't know if you ever used Coldcard hardware wallet but I would be interested to hear some comparison Passport vs Coldcard vs other wallets.
Thanks.
Unfortunately, I have not tried that one yet. However, it should be fairly similar to Passport when used with SD card (which I'll try), when it comes to the user experience.