For Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta ( #GAMM ), the old cloud sync-and-share business model wasn’t working anymore.

So what did they do?

They convinced us that our notetaking apps require an internet connection and forty thousand dollar GPUs located on a server three hundred miles away. That's the future they've made for us.

#SmallWeb #IndieWeb #Fediverse #ActivityPub

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/any-technology-indistinguishable-from-magic-is-hiding-something/

Any Technology Indistinguishable From Magic is Hiding Something

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@fromjason Norepad++ works just fine for my note taking needs.
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Thought you’d appreciate the sentiment.
@fromjason Until I started following you and some others I had no idea note taking apps are an obsession with some haha. I just used Text Edit on my Macbook.
@bloftinsk8 it's a problem. Lol. I'm such a sucker for a new notes app. But i always go back to iA Writer for blog posts and stuff