Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off
Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off
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.
In case anyone is looking for a recommendation, I started using Obsidian for taking notes recently. It creates markdown files which keeps things nice and clean and then I use Syncthing to sync my files rather than their paid sync option. If Obsidian ever enshitifies I can either use an old version of the application or switch to any other markdown editor.
I'm considering having some sort of nightly sync to a git repo as well for version control but that might be more complexity than I need.
I forgot Evernote existed. Time to back up my notes from 2014.
just dropped - https://anytype.io/
I'll leave these here for those fleeing Evernote:
https://github.com/akosbalasko/yarle
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/migrate-from-evernote-to-apple-notes/
I haven't used either, I never really used Evernote, but a couple people have been posting them as a good way to get your notes migrated out of the app.
Oh yeah, Evernote used to exist, forgot about that.
A former employer bought a lifetime subscription to Evernote for me, I forget why they did that some perky new manager wanting us all to collaborate or something. I used it for notes when learning Spanish if I recall. A few years after that they canceled it and said I had to pay so I deleted my account. I entirely forgot it existed until reading this post. That's the end of my Evernote story.
Wow. I ditched Evernote after their last price
gougeincrease, and that's after being with them from the very beginning. Thank God I bailed when I did.More enshitification
"We're definitely going to use the extra money to help you, not as a cash grab and run for the hills.. LOL, suckers! Shit, the microphone was still on."
Damn it. I've got a lot of stuff on there, organised and tagged.
I've thought about migrating for the last couple of years, but just left it as I couldn't be bothered.
If it's getting more expensive though, this might be the time to move.
What would be the service with the easiest migration path? Ideally one that:
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has good automatic OCR of all documents uploaded to make them searchable
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has good apps on Android, Windows and IOS
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has a good import function that can retain tags from Evernote
That may be asking too much?
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Obsidian is love. Obsidian is life
You should have migrated to Joplin by now.
That's why I use Joplin.
Another alternative is Trilium
Had an account since about 2010, looks like I stopped using it around 2016. Just logged in to see what if anything was left. A few notes, nothing important.
Tried closing my account instead of just leaving it hanging out there and it fails. Guess I'll try later
Enshitification strikes again, or is it something more complex?
I've tried using Evernote from time to time throughout the years and each time only last about a week into it, it just doesn't naturally fit into my personal "workflow". I definitelly need something for capturing ideas, but for whatever reason, Evernote wasn't it for me. I've been bouncing between Notion and Obsidian currently, with Obsidian at least being my work note-taking app and Notion being more for personal notes (since I have more flexibility in where I can access it).
Loved the idea of the product but after a year or two mod using it, I ditched it for a simple diy setup with syncthing.
I see a lot of alternatives being discussed here so I’ll just throw one more on the pile for Mac users: Devonthink.
It organizes and centralizes a bunch of stuff for me. Has tagging, folders, a bunch of handy metadata and even tries to automatically sort/file things. It allows separate databases for work, personal or projects. Syncs/backs up via popular cloud providers - even multiple if you want redundancy. Just about the only thing I wish it did a better job of is scanning to PDF with a phone camera.
Damn. That was a good app...
Again it show subscription based services should be avoided like plague. Once you become an intensive user the subscription price increases and it’s painful to change.
I moved to UpNote last year and couldn't be happier.
Permanently Deleted
Whew. I used Evernote heavily for about two years back at the beginning of the app craze, but I quickly switched over to just the Apple Notes app as Apple made it more usable. Thank god I didn’t stick with that app
I love Upnote ❤️
Oh bruh, I have 209 notes in their cloud, I fuckin used their app daily for school what the fuc, why they gotta be bad now
I didn't know Evernote was acquired. Rip Evernote ig.
Ah, that’s a pity. Time to backup my notes, then…