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Germany has just made the standard Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory
(blog.documentfoundation.org)
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this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2026
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This is something very important: Don't focus on aplications (FOSS or not) but on open data formats and proper import/export mechanisms so you can switch applications easily.
That's why I use Obsidian! It's not open source, but all my notes are just... pre-emptively saved as markdown files on disk. If they fuck me over I can just leave and open it in literally any markdown editor 😭
If they used a proprietary format, I probably just wouldn't have used them in the first place and would have had to use a shittier alternative.
I love obsidian, I wanted to send a donation, but they only sell merch with expensive shipping :<
Sub to their sync service for just one month?
Never thought about it, thanks for a suggestion