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I love the idea of this, but frankly, this seems like a system that becomes more useful if you use it for a long long time. And for systems like this, I need a
by black_puppydog 6y ago
I love the idea of this, but frankly, this seems like a system that becomes more useful if you use it for a long long time. And for systems like this, I need a guarantee that there won't be "exciting news, we got acquired, and tomorrow all our services are shutting down."
I know that's a bit of a downer take, and maybe I should just not hang out on HN with this attitude, but I really wonder if I'm that alone with this opinion...? It's the same issue I have with roam research, the same issue I had with Mendeley.
- kstenerud 6y agoThis is an ongoing problem with dev tools. One thing I miss about the old shrinkwrap days is that you could just buy a tool and know that you have it forever. Hell, I still have my old copy of Cygnus Ed (1989), and it still works on an Amiga emulator (and I still use it for some text editing tasks). Once that guarantee is gone, I no longer have any incentive to pay money or even use the service. I'd rather invest time and effort into hosting a tool myself, on infrastructure and hardware I control, choosing when and if to upgrade on my own terms.
- reportgunner 6y agoYou are not alone. The first thing I went to look for was an export feature. No mention of it on the landing page.
- mlang23 6y agoThe Pro and Premium plans seem to have a JSON export. "We allow you to export your data only if you pay enough." Hmm.
- reportgunner 6y agoI see that it was now added to free tier too. Nice !
- bszupnick 6y agoAt least with Roam you can always export it to org-mode format so you have the power to update regularly and you're data will never be lost.
- tokai 6y ago>maybe I should just not hang out on HN with this attitude Sycophants are numerous everywhere else.