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ok i'm gonna complain about something with productivity apps right quick. in reference to the fact im switching from notion to joplin, i mentioned that i tried out and looked at a lot of productivity software.

like i get it that some people need "distractionless" or minimalist everyday use software so they don't get bogged down in the functionality of a lot of stupid little bells and whistles and a learning curve, but so so many of these productivity softwares are like "oh we're here to solve all your problems and our built in ai will suck off you and your entire team, you scrumptious and smart business boy!" and it's all just uh... tired.

i'm the kind of person that likes all the "multitasking" functions i can feasibly use with the operating systems and software because i like being able to look at a lot of data quickly and see what lines i need to follow in order to get work done. removing functions aka "distractions" or hiding UI elements just so the overall look of my window is "cleaner" is just kind of annoying, and especially with not being able to exact a level of control over the software to add in some pretty common sense functions or turn off these auto hiding elements. even notion would try to unpin/hide the sidebar from me every time i opened the desktop app.

right now im staring at my joplin window where i have my program window split into 7 parts, each with their own function, each important to me being able to move around the software as easy as possible. and i like it! i will probably turn off one of these little sub-windows for regular usage, but i like having all these little sub-windows.

smarter people have said it better than me, but this feels like that apple-ificiation and minimalism of our modern age that is ruining it for the rest of us that have to be kind of maximalist in order for us to do our work and do it well. i would liken this to an artisan needing all their tools spread about their workbench in order to do their work, versus those living rooms that have literally no personal effects in it and thus feels soulless because they've been sold on the minimalist lifestyle into not "owning" anything.

i dunno. much to think about.

ok ok ok ok i'm done being a complainy little freak about notion. im switching my """""productivity"""""" software to joplin. i've tried and re-tried out a bunch of softwares¹ in the past few days again and to get my ass off of notion i was willing to have to shell out if i needed to², but so many of these softwares cost so much or lack significant features i absolutely required³.

joplin is incredibly bare bones but gives the most of what i need and with the least amount of friction toward me putting my thoughts down on "paper" as fast as possible and for the most financially do-able. i need to get better with markdown but i should be doing that already⁴.

the only downside is that i gotta go basically hand-import almost all of my documents because notion's data exports are a fucking joke. the nice bit is now that if i end up switching to another software again, all my documents will actually be in pure markdown so i won't suffer like this ever again.

1. i looked at simplenote, obsidian, standardnotes, anytype, wavemaker, scrivener, and IAwriter. i also tried a lot of other things that were still in development or have an ios app planned but because i need something to use Now, i don't want to wait for one of these to appear.

2. simplenote is free forever. joplin is base free, cloud sync for $2.50. obsidan is base free, cloud sync for $10 a month or $96 a year. standardnotes is base free, cloud sync is free, but plaintext only unless you pay $90 a year, 14 day return policy. anytype is currently free, unknown what the pricing will be when it goes to 1.0, but you will have up to 1 GB of space guaranteed free on launch for an individual i think. wavemaker is free, more of a writer's software. scrivener on pc costs $50.99 (nanowrimo discounts are open rn though i think), ios costs $23.99. IAwriter is more of a writing software too, pc costs $29.99, ios costs $49.99

3. i'm just one guy, i need a productivity software to keep me in check, but i don't need to uwu collabo with a team or anything. my basically big requirement is that i have the ability to use both my pc and my ipad with the software/app. secondary requirement would be that i could use it both as a text processor and a data tracker, as a freelance guy i gotta keep track of my finances after all. my third requirement is that there isn't some dumbshit ai product shoved in there. this third point cut out so many pieces of software would you believe it.

4. look ma, i can do footnotes now

having food allergies doesn't impact my life most of the time but i defo ate a cross contaminated kitkat last night and i knew it the Fucking Second i ate it and i had hives on my face for the rest of the night.

i still don't regret eating that kitkat though. i love kitkats.