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I loved Evernote and was a paying subscriber right up until they changed their TOS to let their employees read all my notes to work on ad targeting. They backpe
by dahdum 4y ago
I loved Evernote and was a paying subscriber right up until they changed their TOS to let their employees read all my notes to work on ad targeting. They backpedaled after a while but trust was lost, I cancelled immediately. I have no sympathy for their failure.
- kar1181 4y agoSimilar experience here, it was a series of changes, none of which made my experience better and a lot of dodgy privacy affecting TOS updates that caused me to can my paid account. They never really tried to re-engage me either, and have just continued on since then with a bare bones series of notes while I keep the critical stuff elsewhere. Shame evernote was the first killer 'cloud native' app for me, the thing I couldn't do without once I had it.
- lancesells 4y agoI paid off and on through the years but for me it was when they started selling physical products and advertising them in the app. I can't remember what they were. T-shirts? Mousepads?
- okuntilnow 4y agoAnd socks! https://www.aivanet.com/2013/09/evernote-gets-physical-why-a-software-makers-turning-to-tangible-goods/ https://www.aivanet.com/2013/09/evernote-gets-physical-why-a...
- codalan 4y agoMoleskine notepads. But hey, it was more reliable and quicker to use than their software offering.
- d_graeme 4y agoThat's horrible. It's the reason I'm still somewhat suspicious of a simplistic note taking app (Colornote) I use on my android. I oftentimes get the sneaky feeling it might be sending my (sometimes highly private) notes to a server somewhere in China, but the app is so simple to use that no matter how many time I decide to, I simply can't get myself to wipe and uninstall it
- deafpolygon 4y agoThis was right around the time I exited as well. They backpedaled, sure, then charged forward with it anyways.