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I mean, "attractive" is weird here. Follow the money. People like cool things, and companies are reticent to make cool things in a way they can't control. I'v
by jrm4 5y ago
I mean, "attractive" is weird here. Follow the money. People like cool things, and companies are reticent to make cool things in a way they can't control.
I've always framed it in terms of "where are the files?" Maximum control for the cool-making companies means "hide them from the users."
I'm really really really happy to see projects like obsidian.md that see the value in not doing that.
- enobrev 5y agoAre you implying that web applications are a fad? I'm also a fan of obsidian.md.
- jrm4 5y agoI hope so? More seriously, I think I'm coming around to -- I don't care where or how the applications are made per se. I used to hate the web-stuff->desktop applications idea (electron et al) because it seemed dumb and slow, but both Discord and Obsidian disprove that pretty well I think. It really is about "where is your stuff." It's fine to optionally store whatever in whoever's cloud. But increasingly, I believe that anyone developing any sort of application in which the user's stuff and how it moves around is not 100% transparent is quite literally evil and I wish them utter failure.