[bjoli]

I am not really comfortable relying on a tool that has a free tier and a subscription. I really like the app, but I will never again have the rugged pulled out under me with a quadrupling of license costs.

Do the make any kind of promises wrt the free tier?

[kepano]

There are no "tiers" with Obsidian. The app is free without limits. You don't even need to sign up. You own your data locally. You can pay for the add-ons like Sync and Publish if you want, but there's also third-party alternatives to those.

[DannyPage]

At its core, it’s just a text editor. You don’t need any subscription. It’s Local-first, uses Markdown, and if you want to sync or publish, there’s plenty of other tools for that purpose that don’t require an account, like Syncthing or Github Pages.

[bjoli]

It is different enough that it will lock me to a certain workflow.

Obsidian is great, because it is not like other apps. Using it daily will mean moving to another app will be some work.

[hoten]

What does it matter if the data is portable?

https://help.obsidian.md/import

Promises aren't ironclad anyhow.

[pityJuke]

Here’s a piece from their current CEO about data openness: https://stephango.com/file-over-app

[bjoli]

I think that the data isn't really the problem, it is the workflow.