> They might have some success because they put a slick interface over a shoddy backend, like Robinhood making a nice UI while farming out the actual clearing house work to a third party because they don't understand it.
Robinhood went self-clearing in 2018 and don’t “farm out” their clearing house work.
(Full disclosure - I’m speaking from a place of privilege where I can afford the subscription cost of Obsidian)
I hear you on subscriptions rubbing you the wrong way. Hear me out, though. This is a bootstrapped team that builds and supports apps that empower you, the individual. Your data resides in plaintext and you can use your own sync server.
Not everything needs to be a subscription, but I don’t mind paying a few dollars per month to support the team.
This has been my experience as well, although I’ve started hearing folks complain about wanting a slightly slower pace of life after living in NYC for a couple of years. Especially those who moved out of the Bay.
Maybe I'm not the target audience for this, so pardon my ignorance when I ask what problem does this solve? Centralization and censorship?