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Here here. I love Apple Notes. I don't even need a title for notes - iOS just takes the top line of the note. Is it that hard to create an open source hosted v
by istingray 5y ago
Here here. I love Apple Notes. I don't even need a title for notes - iOS just takes the top line of the note.
Is it that hard to create an open source hosted version? Just get out of the way and let me take a note!
As I posted in this thread, I will pay $100/year for this solution. The closest I've found is Standard Notes, but it's missing a few things.
- setpatchaddress 5y agoOut of curiosity, why not just use Notes? (I’m aware there are legit reasons, but I’m curious about your scenario.)
- istingray 5y agoMoving off Apple's ecosystem. Their definition of privacy/surveillance falls short of "human rights" level privacy and only protects against advertisers and hackers.
- setpatchaddress 5y agoFair enough. I will point out there is no commercial entity that does better than Apple on any of these counts. Open source will only get you so far: every hardware vendor other than Apple has lower standards for labor rights and sustainability.
- reacharavindh 5y ago+1. As sweet as their hardware and ecosystem is, an open ecosystem is better for users. I'd move off if I could get most of what I enjoy within Apple ecosystem.
- istingray 5y agoYes, lifelong MacAddict here. Something open that beats Apple's ecosystem doesn't yet exist today. But you can help it get there by being a customer and telling companies what you want. Re-creating an E2E iCloud suite doesn't seem impossible. For example Standard Notes is close to beating Notes - but it's still too complicated but with focused work on the UI it could win. Discussion of open source phones: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28164208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28164208 Discussion of open source laptops: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28266315