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0 pointshowinteresting3y ago0 comments

A notes app that only works with one 2-trillion-dollar company's hardware and does not have builtin functionality to export notes (e.g. a menu option to do so) cannot reasonably be described as good. One's expectations have to be through the floor for that to be an honest appraisal.

Compare it to Obsidian, which just stores data in a bunch of markdown files on disk.

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Gigachad3y ago

I don't actually care about getting some data dump out of Notes. I use it as a way to quickly store temporary information. Any note older than a month is most likely useless. The most important feature is that it effortlessly syncs between my phone, work laptop, and home laptop. And that it does. Unlike a bunch of markdown files on disk where you have to create some janky syncing setup yourself which has no conflict resolution system.

howinterestingOP3y ago

Obsidian Sync works great.

veidr3y ago

I agree, but at USD $120/year it is expensive.

(It's worth it to me, but I'd still prefer something equally easy-to-use, standards-based, but self-hosted with rounds-to-zero running costs.)

Kerrick3y ago

I can export to Text and/or PDF on my iPhone from the Notes app.

eviks3y ago

That doesn't count since text is destructive export is pdf is just as bad (also, batch export?)

howinterestingOP3y ago

We're commenting on the website for a project called "Apple Notes Liberator". Obsidian does not need a "liberator".

macintux3y ago

You're moving the goalposts.

Your first comment:

> and does not have builtin functionality to export notes (e.g. a menu option to do so)

That's incorrect: you can export to PDF. Certainly not as handy as Markdown, but it's there.

Additionally, Apple offers AppleScript as a way to do even more.

No, this isn't an open source piece of software. If that's your sole criteria for "good" then you're right, it's bad.

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Gigachad3y ago

howinterestingOP3y ago

Obsidian Sync works great.

veidr3y ago

I agree, but at USD $120/year it is expensive.

(It's worth it to me, but I'd still prefer something equally easy-to-use, standards-based, but self-hosted with rounds-to-zero running costs.)

Kerrick3y ago

I can export to Text and/or PDF on my iPhone from the Notes app.

eviks3y ago

That doesn't count since text is destructive export is pdf is just as bad (also, batch export?)

howinterestingOP3y ago

We're commenting on the website for a project called "Apple Notes Liberator". Obsidian does not need a "liberator".

macintux3y ago

You're moving the goalposts.

Your first comment:

> and does not have builtin functionality to export notes (e.g. a menu option to do so)

That's incorrect: you can export to PDF. Certainly not as handy as Markdown, but it's there.

Additionally, Apple offers AppleScript as a way to do even more.

No, this isn't an open source piece of software. If that's your sole criteria for "good" then you're right, it's bad.

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