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I use Simplenote. It is quite minimal and if all you require is to store some notes, then it will work great else you might be better off with some more feature rich product. It is owned by Automatic (owners of wordpress) so I have hope that they'll keep it working without much drastic changes or need to monetize it.
Cross-platform, and it feels like what Evernote was back in the day: a simple note-taking app with a beautiful UI.
I replaced Evernote with it a few months ago, and it's been a daily driver since. It was first recommended to me on /r/evernote, a subreddit that has basically been echoing the OP's concerns about Evernote for the last two years it looks like.
All these notes people take - what percentage of them do you ever go back to reference? I suspect some peoples notes are like my bookmarks/favorites - long lists of things that "I might need" at some point and then just end up cleaning up years later. I'm most always in front of a computer so I don't need mobile. I use sublime for code and whatever minimal notes I do take end up using the PlainTasks plugin. It lets y…
Lets just proceed with the premise that note taking is useful and answer the question.
Lets not restrict the discussions to a Q&A format.
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* End-to-end encryption (this was a big one for me)
* Native apps for macOS + iOS
* Networked notes (Roam style)
* Long term vision - founders are second (or more) time founders, don't have plans to raise VC, and instead want to build a long-term business [2]
[1] - https://reflect.app/ [2] - https://reflect.academy/our-values
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I use Simplenote as well. I find it to be a simple, no-nonsense product with everything I need. The editor understands Markdown, and you can make a note into a webpage with a single click, for free. Notion, Obsidian charge money for this. I use Simplenote when I attend talks to take notes. Or make small listicles. Their support is fantastic, too. Despite it being a free product, support responded to me every time I r…
I checked out the website but fail to understand the business model? Who is paying for this and how? Like the features, but worry about continuity of the service without some form of payment.
I didn't use Evernote that much prior to the fallout, but when that happened I was hesitant to continue using it. I fell into a rabbit hole of searching for note apps, and I decided to use OneNote for that (as well as Apple Notes). Then I ran into Obsidian[0] and after looking at its features on noteapps.info[1], I decided to bite the bullet and use it. And wow, I don't regret it one bit.
I did use it a good amount in the past, but with the release of its mobile app and the amount of plugins we have now, I've been using it as my daily knowledge management app for several months now. It's also completely based on local markdown files, so you're not as locked in compared to other apps. It's completely free as well. You do have to pay if you want to use their own syncing service, but again, it's based on local files so you can easily sync by making your vault a Google Drive folder or some other method (some even use Git to sync their files!)
And I cannot stress how fantastic the community is enough. There are so many amazing plugins and people have done so much crazy shit with their notes. The community is also extremely helpful and welcoming.
Eleanor Konik runs a newsletter called Obsidian Roundup[2], which basically summarizes any recent plugins, discussions, shared workflows, events, etc. that happened in the week. She also has a page for Obsidian resources[3].
Wow this turned out longer than I expected.
[1] https://www.noteapps.info/
[2] https://www.obsidianroundup.org
[3] https://www.obsidianroundup.org/resources/
ETA: Also you can have different vaults (basically folders) if you want to separate your personal notes and your work notes.
I was in the exact same situation and Obsidian is 1000% the move. It is far more performant but also orders of magnitude more powerful thanks to the wealth of plugins available, and one of the best communities I've seen for any software product.
I started using it but the plugin system is frightening. No way for me to verify trust and apparently not a proper sandbox is provided. I would love to use that semantic data plugin but I would prefer if it would be built in. I'm still not running with any plugins.
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I use Simplenote as well. I find it to be a simple, no-nonsense product with everything I need. The editor understands Markdown, and you can make a note into a webpage with a single click, for free. Notion, Obsidian charge money for this. I use Simplenote when I attend talks to take notes. Or make small listicles. Their support is fantastic, too. Despite it being a free product, support responded to me every time I r…
I checked out the website but fail to understand the business model? Who is paying for this and how? Like the features, but worry about continuity of the service without some form of payment.
A similar post was made last week, and I recommend Upnote as a replacement to Evernote: https://getupnote.com/ Cross-platform, and it feels like what Evernote was back in the day: a simple note-taking app with a beautiful UI. I replaced Evernote with it a few months ago, and it's been a daily driver since. It was first recommended to me on /r/evernote, a subreddit that has basically been echoing the OP's concerns abo…