[colordrops]

This is always the argument but obsidian does a lot on top of these md files. NASA's mission control software stores data in JSON, it's an open format so I guess the NASA software is easily replaceable huh? If obsidian was such a thin layer then why isn't there a good open source alternative? People build their workflows on top of the obsidian functionality, not just the md data.

[dcreater]

> but obsidian does a lot on top of these md files

What do they do besides the frontmatter (which is fairly trivial to process or ignore in a hypothetical future where one wants to stop using obsidian)?

[shepherdjerred]

this is only an issue if you use a ton of plugins

also, it's not unreasonable to think that a compatible alternative would be easier to build compared to a less standard format