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[-] fxdave@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

It's interesting that a closed-source app has good reputation among FOSS enthusiasts. Surely they are not a Microsoft or Apple, but still who controls your computer, you or them?

[-] franklin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've been really enjoying trilium as an open source alternative but fair warning it's not as polished as Obsidian

[-] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago

It’s always been free for me using Mobius Sync…

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 0 points 3 weeks ago

Not the point here. Using it in a commercial environment for free was a violation of the terms, now it's not anymore.

[-] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ah got it, thanks for the clarification.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 0 points 3 weeks ago

Now that it's free, are its users the product?

[-] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Nothing else is changing. No account required, no ads, no tracking, no strings attached. Your data remains fully in your control, stored locally in plain text Markdown files. All features are available to you for free without limits.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

"...until we have a large enough userbase to start monetizing and enshittifying..."

[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

They have a plenty large enough user base and have not done so. You're literally commenting this on a post of them doing the exact opposite. The fear mongering is insane.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It was nothing personal, more of an off-handed commentary on how things usually end up going after 20 years of seeing literally every site/service I've used and most of the companies I once considered "the good ones" eventually get shittier in some way when the business side puts on the squeeze.

The one exception I can think of is Wikipedia.

But I don't have any reason to think badly of these folks, their current owners seem to have their hearts in the right place and indeed have made decisions that avoid lockin and assure users, and I hope they are another Wikipedia that will endure the tides of enshittification.

But I will never again assume that such hopes will remain the reality, even in this case. This is a snapshot in time. Owners change, priorities change, pricing models change, file formats change, common sense statements of basic decency like "don't be evil" get rescinded, scrappy fun websites created by free-thinkers become tools of fascist oppression.

That doesn't mean they don't deserve your business and support currently. Just make sure your off-ramp options remain acceptable if things begin to change.

this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2025
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