TunnelBear has been around a long time, and they wouldn’t be the first company to come out with a password manager. If they were, then you would blame 1Password for copying them.

I don’t use TunnelBear myself, but they do seem to be mostly green in the comparison page at https://thatoneprivacysite.net/

Certainly not the worst VPN provider.

See also https://thatoneprivacysite.net/

Wirecutter is well-known for using referral links, and yet still giving you their best unbiased opinion on the things they review.

For technical things, they’re better than Consumer Reports.

If you don’t already know this about Wirecutter, then this says more about you and your ignorance than anything else.