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Out of curiosity, why not just use Notes? (I’m aware there are legit reasons, but I’m curious about your scenario.)

• istingray 5y ago
  Moving 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 ago
    Fair 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 ago
      Yes, 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