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Obsidian is now free for work

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Re: Obsidian is now free for work

#12

Post by taude »

anyone have any good tips or plugins so that I can have browser plugins on all my devices and save web pages from multiple devices to it? It's basically the only reason I still use Notion. (As a former emacs guy, I like a lot about Obsidian, most of the plug-in ecosystem, including it saving my data as just text.)

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

#13

Post by Goofy_Coyote »

hu3 wrote: post #4

Can you use something like iCloud, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive to get sync for free? Does it work well? Many do that with Joplin.

I’m using github to sync 3 instances (iPhone, desktop and one web-based instance). It needs some upfront set up and configuration, and I had to buy a git client app for my iPhone (one time purchase), but it’s been working with near 0 maintenance for 3+ years now. I have versioning, and full auto sync (automatic commit, push and pulls).

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

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Post by _Algernon_ »

As someone paying personally for a commercial license that I use for work, I am not a fan. I like a clear business model otherwise I assume that I am the product being sold.

Edit: They should make it open source if this is the path they take. Then users can personally verify that they (or their data) isn't being sold to the highest bidder.

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

#15

Post by 0_____0 »

taude wrote: post #12

anyone have any good tips or plugins so that I can have browser plugins on all my devices and save web pages from multiple devices to it? It's basically the only reason I still use Notion. (As a former emacs guy, I like a lot about Obsidian, most of the plug-in ecosystem, including it saving my data as just text.)

I do this already. I use FF on Android and the desktop and the Obsidian Clipper works phenomenally for this.

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

#16

Post by 0_____0 »

1123581321 wrote: post #11

This is a good change. Most people using it at work do it individually and don’t pay. But they do potentially pay for sync services.

I run my life through Obsidian checklists. Sync is worth it for me and I bought a gift subscription for my partner as well.

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

#18

Post by dSebastien »

taude wrote: post #12

anyone have any good tips or plugins so that I can have browser plugins on all my devices and save web pages from multiple devices to it? It's basically the only reason I still use Notion. (As a former emacs guy, I like a lot about Obsidian, most of the plug-in ecosystem, including it saving my data as just text.)

Try the Obsidian Web Clipper: https://www.dsebastien.net/supercharge-your-knowledge-captur...

Re: Obsidian is now free for work

#19

Post by 0_____0 »

hu3 wrote: post #4

Can you use something like iCloud, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive to get sync for free? Does it work well? Many do that with Joplin.

I synced using Google Drive on the desktop, and a third party app to pull and sync a local directory on my phone for mobile. Took a little bit of setup but it worked mostly fine. Now I run the paid sync subscription, and the main difference to me is that there's basically zero wait between replication across copies (unless your computer has been off for a while and it has to fetch a bunch at once). Eliminating merge issues and having everything "just work" was worth it to me.
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