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I have depended on Evernote for a long time without even realizing how much of a daily utility it is. It has been so seamless that I had forgotten I was rolling with the free version, until recently. I noticed a few UI changes which seemed a little unintuitive and some of my notes didn't seem to sync as reliably between my phone and laptop. No biggie, I have gotten used to updates.

Then this week I was working through a new project on a customer's site taking notes in Evernote as I normally do. I spent a good chunk of time going through the project onsite and making a comprehensive list of everything that would need to be done. I noticed the header on my note was grey but assumed it was a UI change. I had 4G reception on my phone and figured, even if something's not quite right I can sync it up back at the office like I normally do as the note would be on my phone. So I proceeded like normal.

The whole note is gone as if it never existed.

Is this some sort of effort to onboard me to the paid version? Have I inadvertently clicked a "yes I accept that the free version is going to become unreliable" button?

I appreciate I am not a great customer - I have been using a free version for years without even thinking about it. But thats kind of the point, Evernote worked so well I never gave it a second thought.

Now I am not 100% sure on the safety of my notes...

What is other people's experience? Have I just been caught napping because I mindlessly clicked an updated terms of use without reading it (as I do)?

If I go paid am I getting something as good as what the old Evernote was like?

I work with automated machinery and am relatively familiar with sensing and automation technology and the costs of such. I recently purchased a DJI Mavic drone and am absolutely staggered by its capabilities. The fact that they can get so much automation, sensing and (seemingly) quality hardware into such a small package makes my day to day work feel like Neanderthal tech by comparison. I was so impressed I purchased a DJI Osmo 3 gimbal for filming with my phone too.

As part of interacting with their hardware you need to install their apps and I had heard that they exhibited strange behavior. I went back and forth on this in my head and finally decided to install the DJI Go 4 and DJI Mimo apps on a phone I have access to that I don't use for personal stuff.

I figured - "hey, its passed Google Play muster, it must be relatively safe" and "lots of tech-savy people I know install these apps so it can't be that bad".

Recently trying to get footage off said phone and the attached issue shows on my windows laptop [1]

A few seconds of googling and I find this sort of discussion: [2]

So if researchers found glaring security issues in these apps nearly a year ago, and it is obviously messing with the file structure of the device it is installed on (and transfers a ton of data up and down with no obvious reason) how is this still approved on Gplay. It staggers me that such mainstream, otherwise mind-blowing pieces of tech do such obviously sketchy stuff and everyone seems OK with it.

Can someone with more insight than me shed some light?

Apologies for poor app/software understanding - I'm a machinery guy.

[1]: https://imgur.com/a/xn9NTUX [2]: https://bit.ly/3d8LoeB