I use Keepass + Onedrive sync (Windows + Android). It's been working well for many many years and I see no reason to switch.
If I had to recommend a pw manager to someone I'd probably suggest they just save them in-browser, and use the same browser (Chrome/FF/Edge) across all their devices. Chrome has a pretty good password suggestion feature. Other browsers are probably not far behind.
I switched. Bitwarden just seems easier to use. Everytime I install Keepass on a new computer I have to spend 15 minutes remembering where all the options are to configure it. Bitwarden feels more like a vault of information while Keepass seems like you gotta fight it to be anything other than URL-username-password.
To be honest though I'm still not 100% moved over, and may never be. I doubt I'll need to transfer the login to the public library from a town I lived in 10 years ago.
Came here to say the same thing. Been using Keepass for years without any issue and won't switch. I started it using quite a while ago after someone on here recommended it and haven't looked back since.
As the sibling comment states, it's not stored as plain text.
You're right that external storage lets you use it elsewhere, but IMO using keepass has a lot of friction I personally don't mind but wouldn't initially recommend to most people. Browser password storage fills 99% of most people's needs.
They did at one point but not anymore. But either way any password filling is as secure as plaintext since it's pasted as plaintext, and you can just edit the DOM after it's filled.
If I had to recommend a pw manager to someone I'd probably suggest they just save them in-browser, and use the same browser (Chrome/FF/Edge) across all their devices. Chrome has a pretty good password suggestion feature. Other browsers are probably not far behind.