Note-taking apps are really simple, and I can't wrap my head around why I have to ever "subscribe" to use them. I would actually self-host the hell out of a ton

Note-taking apps are really simple, and I can't wrap my head around why I have to ever "subscribe" to use them. I would actually self-host the hell out of a ton of beautiful open-source ones on the cloud instance I own. It may be a thing to pay monthly in the enterprise world, but no way I am paying every month for simple note-taking apps. The growth of data stored is negligible - remember it's mostly text. Password manager is a good example, but I would love to have something as affordable as Bitwarden. One good example of a bad password manager that went in the wrong direction if you ask me is 1Password. Their licensing was such a mess and as someone who bought into their "permanent license" a long time ago I've been screwed real hard because they wouldn't let me use it on Linux at all. The prices became "subscription based" and then steadily went up ever since then.