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0 pointsmitchitized3y ago0 comments

This is precisely why I ended up on Joplin several years ago... Being able to sync for free (I just pay for S3 costs) means I got cross-device/platform support and know I will never lose my notes.

I'm trying to understand the use case where it would be worth it to switch to Obsidian and pay monthly for the sync and no longer host the data myself, which doesn't sound like an improvement to me.

The way Obsidian organizes notes sounds intriguing though, I can see how some might find that worth the additional cost (or loss of sync ability).

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coffeeling3y ago

Obsidian stores all the notes and attachments as normal files in a folder, you can sync it however you like.

infinityio3y ago

> Being able to sync for free (I just pay for S3 costs) means I got cross-device/platform support and know I will never lose my notes.

This is also the case with Obsidian! Because the files are just loose `.md` files in a folder, I personally use Syncthing and Git to keep them synchronised across devices for free. Sync is another option to complement those, for people who don't want to roll their own solution.

By default in Obsidian you own the data (and it never leaves your hard drive), you pay for them to host it for you so that it 'just works' across devices

brimwats3y ago

fwiw, I just use a syncthing folder for obsidian and I've never had an issue

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