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This is "Chinese". I personally don't mind, especially if it is open source. But I've seen another China (and electron) based note-taking app vilified for this
by CrypticShift 3y ago
This is "Chinese". I personally don't mind, especially if it is open source. But I've seen another China (and electron) based note-taking app vilified for this reason.
FYI It is Siyuan [1]. What is unique about it is the logseq-like block-level granularity (ref/embed/query) and (soon) the notion-like databases.
[1] https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan
- replwoacause 3y agoGenuinely curious…I get the trepidation of using a closed source product from China but if the code is open for all to inspect, what is the concern then?
- rchaud 3y agoCognitive dissonance. We're used to the Silicon Valley model of closed-source subscription apps (Dropbox) that silently opt-in your data into their AI training models. https://nitter.net/Werner/status/1734890651378975007 https://nitter.net/Werner/status/1734890651378975007
- swah 3y agoDo you build those yourself or just go to the Releases tab on Github?
- replwoacause 3y agoReleases tab
- Snow_Falls 3y agoIt would be trivially easy to fake a free github account as being from the US. Not hiding the fact that they're Chinese makes me trust them more.
- rchaud 3y agoI think CN intelligence agencies set their espionage sights a bit higher than "generic outliner app" users.