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by rubslopes 890 days ago
> users frequently ask for Obsidian to be open source, but the fully transferrable file format is enough for me.

Completely agree. Not everything needs to be open-sourced. If I'm looking for a framework/library to build something upon, sure, I'll prioritize open-source. But -- and this may be a hot take -- for a consumer-oriented software, sometimes a great vision trumps community development.