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I'm a paid customer of Evernote, I must say that it works great and it has no reasonable replacement. I use it for all kinds of notes, like for example short t
by bad_user 8y ago
I'm a paid customer of Evernote, I must say that it works great and it has no reasonable replacement.
I use it for all kinds of notes, like for example short tutorials on the command line, issuing commands that are hard to remember, TODO lists (both at work and for grocery shopping), meeting notes, listing pros and cons, everything.
In meetings I like the ability to record audio, or to add pictures I take with my phone, which isn't necessarily a capability of your average open source alternative.
Its search capabilities are also great. I have a ton of notes in my Evernote and I never have issues finding what I'm looking for. Compared with Google Docs for example, which is terrible.
My problems with it is that the data is not easy to port, I would have liked for example periodic Markdown backups to my Dropbox. Also support for encryption is weak. Apps like Evernote can be end to end encrypted, there's absolutely no reason for Evernote, the company, to have access to my notes.
I also worry about Evernote, the company, dying on me like many other startups before it.
- lskopwol 8y agoI’d argue that it’s precisely because of your worries (lack of portability, vendor lock-in), that a lot of people would rather not use it.
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- dangoor 8y ago> My problems with it is that the data is not easy to port, I would have liked for example periodic Markdown backups to my Dropbox. Because Evernote is so common, there are tools that understand Evernote's export format. You might be able to find a tool that can convert an evernote export file?
- ubermonkey 8y ago>it has no reasonable replacement. Others suggest OneNote does exactly that. >My problems with it is that the data is not easy to port This is a fatal problem, and is a big reason I don't use either EN or ON anymore at all.
- criddell 8y ago> I also worry about Evernote, the company, dying on me I'm a paid user as well and also worry about the company dying. Frankly, I wish they would focus 100% on the core product and kill features that aren't part of that core. For example, get rid of chat. Other companies do it better.
- dolguldur 8y ago> I'm a paid customer of Evernote I think what you want to say is "paying customer"
- bad_user 8y agoSorry, English is not my native language and it's too late to edit the message.