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I've been using Google Keep mostly, but tried Obsidian for a bit. Is it worth the transition?
by lawrenceyan 4y ago
I've been using Google Keep mostly, but tried Obsidian for a bit. Is it worth the transition?
- jotson 4y agoI switched from Keep to Obsidian as well. It depends on your goals. For me, I was saving things in Keep that I wanted to have forever and I don't trust Google to operate the service forever. The exported data is also not super portable. And there are things I want to save that I don't want on a cloud service. So I switched to Obsidian which gives me a simple and portable file format, privacy, and I trust myself to keep those files safe more than I trust Google.
- npunt 4y agoIf all you need is a short term cache of ephemeral things that won't matter in a year, Google Keep is probably fine. If you want something that you invest in that stores thoughts and ideas that you want to go back to later, I'd use something far more reliable. I'd look at: * Whether the product is a revenue driver for the company * Whether the company has a history of good behavior * Whether the company seems like they care about their users & making a good product * Whether you have control over the data, including an open file format Personally I wouldn't touch Keep because none of the above apply.