Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by baron816 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 1:17 AM UTC

Its acquirer (Bending Spoons) has taken over operations. They’ve also hiked subscriptions prices and told customers they intend to use new revenues to pay for new features. How they intend to do that without any staff is something I would like to know about.

If you’re still using Evernote, probably a good time to stop.

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by yuppie_scum » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 1:27 AM UTC

I just copy pasted all my notes into Obsidian, which doesn’t constantly nag me to subscribe

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by marvin999 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 1:28 AM UTC

This is sad. Evernote was phenomenal and I really loved it, years ago.

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by timetraveller26 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 2:14 AM UTC

And to think that at one point Evernote was THE note taking app. So much wasted potential.

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by teeray » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 2:21 AM UTC

The new features will be feeding everyone's notes into an LLM and then screaming "AI!" at the top of their lungs to investors.

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by notyourwork » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 2:23 AM UTC

And for that reason I'm out. What a shame.

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by julianz » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 2:25 AM UTC

I wonder how that 100 year guarantee is holding up?

https://longnow.org/ideas/evernote-and-the-100-year-data-gua...

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by SanjayMehta » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 2:25 AM UTC

They lost the plot when they suddenly reduced the number of devices for the free tier.

There was a time when iCloud wasn't reliable. When that improved, Notes became a simpler free alternative.

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by prewett » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 2:27 AM UTC

> How they intend to do that without any staff

Contractors from cheaper cost of living countries, I expect.

Re: Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off

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Post by echelon » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 2:28 AM UTC

yuppie_scum wrote: post #2

I just copy pasted all my notes into Obsidian, which doesn’t constantly nag me to subscribe

I really love Obsidian, I still have some major blockers.

The git plugin is dangerously broken. I've had pushes from different computers overwrite one another. It doesn't show merge conflicts - it's happy to plow forward. I've reduced my usage since that happened. This is a huge problem. I need to have confidence the backups and merges aren't destroying notes.

There's no easy way to open multiple workspaces simultaneously. I want to start using Obsidian for work, but I'm not going to share or subset my private notebook. If I want to switch to the team workspace, I have to close my personal workspace. Only one can be open at a time, and that's awkward.

If these two problems get fixed, Obsidian will become my end-all, be-all organizational software.

I will pay a lot of money ($100/mo!) for this to work right.

(Final minor nit: I'd like to include multimedia, but use Git LFS or another cloud storage system. I don't want them in git.)