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Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset

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Post by protonmail »

DavideNL wrote: post #165
gia_ferrari wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've noticed that here as well, specifically with Proton. Some sort of cultural quirk I suppose. I'll keep using their service, until I see some more tangible criticism on their security. I've had positive experiences overall. Yes the extra security makes some things harder, like searching. That is a fair tradeoff for me. Only real complaint I have is that Proton Drive is web-only. No supported API, either. We desper…

Also mostly positive experiences, and indeed extra security makes some things harder. I think you don't hear about the 'silent majority' as much on the internet versus the small minority that's frustrated about something and complains about it. Proton is simply the best service available at the moment if you value privacy above best usability. Having said that, there are some limitations that need solving, for exampl…

Thank you for sharing your feedback! We're working on improving the search as well as other features in our mobile apps, so keep an eye on our channels for updates!

Re: Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset

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Post by awill »

jitl wrote: post #145
superultra wrote: post #103

I’m still miffed that Dropbox killed Mailbox. I’m a big fan of Notion but these hires/acquu-hires are a deathknell indicator. It means they’ve hit that point where the ideas have stopped flowing but the money hasn’t, so they start using the money instead of their own creative juices. It’s a shame because there’s still so many places Notion could improve.

(I work at Notion) The way I see it, we have more ideas than we have people to work on them, but we have plenty of money in the bank. So, we buy a small company close to one of our idea so we can work on it now, instead of in 2-3 years time. I’m bummed we aren’t keeping Skiff’s mail product running though. Overall Notion has matured a bit more to a place we can make more investments in the future, especially on the e…

so basically you bought a company where you didn't like the MAIN product. So this is just a quick way to hire a bunch of good engineers.

Re: Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset

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Post by manyty »

cc2562 wrote: post #55
echelon wrote: post #51

Why do companies try to compete in this space? The margins are thin and the giants have vast offerings. The only thing I see winning against Google and Microsoft is some hybrid, open source local + cloud suite of tools. Something better than Thunderbird, more like Obsidian. A combination of native and cloud, working well across all platforms, integrated with a full suite of other productivity/office tools, but most i…

Yep...E2E encryption just doesn't cut it when the company still owns your data & accounts on their servers. I've adopted Anytype; encryption + self-hosting + open-source backend is rock solid.

Here's a Notion vs Anytype comparison from the company's blog

https://blog.anytype.io/notion-alternative/

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