Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
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Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#2The author is painting doomsday all over Evernote, but honestly I don't see it. They are like Dropbox, they do one thing and do it very good IMHO.
I've been a subscriber for 2 years and use it daily on desktop and Android without complaints or data loss.
If there is be a thing to complain about it's their api. It's rather quite annoying to work with and some of the language SDK's are outdated.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#3The author is painting doomsday all over Evernote, but honestly I don't see it. They are like Dropbox, they do one thing and do it very good IMHO. I've been a subscriber for 2 years and use it daily on desktop and Android without complaints or data loss. If there is be a thing to complain about it's their api. It's rather quite annoying to work with and some of the language SDK's are outdated.
I installed it recently but I don't use sync (main pro of it imo) and since it didn't have a dark theme I went on to try other local note taking programs.
It seems to really be for mainly syncing, like dropbox but notes.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#4I've been using Evernote for a while. But since the time MS made a shift to the cloud and has put a lot of effort into OneNote and Office 365, OneNote was doomed to decline in use. Why would you pay for it when you already have Office subscription?
On top of that I was struggling with the UX, it didn't fit my habits.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#5After I noticed that their forum thread [1] about requesting LaTeX-style math notes was almost as old as my Evernote Premium subscription, I came to the conclusion that this is just a ripoff. I paid all these years only to keep my access and for the occasional design update but the core experience stagnated.
Dropbox Paper already provided a better note-taking experience and with Notion.so I finally found a full replacement. The product is in active development [2] and I don't feel like I am just paying to keep the servers running.
[1] https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/16445-request-support-...
[2] https://www.notion.so/notion/What-s-New-157765353f2c4705bd45...
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#6The problem with both Dropbox and Evernote is that their minimum pricing tier is too expensive for what they provide - particularly when both functions are provided as part of the Microsoft Office package with is the same price as Dropbox alone.
I used both for years and would have happily paid a couple of dollars a month as I do for the basic tier of Google Drive. I abandoned both when the 2 device limit came in.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#7The author is painting doomsday all over Evernote, but honestly I don't see it. They are like Dropbox, they do one thing and do it very good IMHO. I've been a subscriber for 2 years and use it daily on desktop and Android without complaints or data loss. If there is be a thing to complain about it's their api. It's rather quite annoying to work with and some of the language SDK's are outdated.
Since OneNote became available everywhere and for free I'm not even sure if Evernote still can be considered doing it well considering just how much better OneNote is for actual note taking.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#8For me real simple: Evernote works only on Chrome, at least the new version. And the Evernote team was quite smug about it.
Since I do not use Chrome, i canceled my premium account.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#9After I noticed that their forum thread [1] about requesting LaTeX-style math notes was almost as old as my Evernote Premium subscription, I came to the conclusion that this is just a ripoff. I paid all these years only to keep my access and for the occasional design update but the core experience stagnated. Dropbox Paper already provided a better note-taking experience and with Notion.so I finally found a full repla…
Notion looks great. I was hoping your comment implied it support latex math but unfortunately not.
Re: Why Evernote failed to realize its potential
#10The problem with both Dropbox and Evernote is that their minimum pricing tier is too expensive for what they provide - particularly when both functions are provided as part of the Microsoft Office package with is the same price as Dropbox alone. I used both for years and would have happily paid a couple of dollars a month as I do for the basic tier of Google Drive. I abandoned both when the 2 device limit came in.
This. Office 365 package provides full office suit + 1TB of storage + 50GB ad-free mail box for the same price and they are already profitable at this price tag. If you are an startup offering any service more expensive than office 365 you are doing something really wrong.