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I used it for the ability to seamlessly sync between devices, but once ", "context": "", "use_case": "note-taking", "switched_from": "", "story": "My last six months at Evernote"}, {"id": 790009200, "item_id": 49375575, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375575", "by": "kstrauser", "date": "2026-08-20", "stance": "warn", "quote": "They\u2019d been paying $240/yr for freaking Evernote.", "excerpt": "Every now and then I check out the Evernote Reddit out of morbid curiosity. One person recently announced they\u2019d finally had enough and were leaving because Bending Spoons increased their monthly bill from $20 to $30. They\u2019d been paying $240/yr for freaking Evernote. I\u2019m astonished at how much abuse many people will tolerate as an alternative to changing their habits. 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The reason is actually do need to do searches over them quite often, and it\u2019s obviously very difficult to do with handwritten documents.", "context": "", "use_case": "searchable note storage", "switched_from": "paper notes", "story": "Writing by Hand is Good for your Brain"}, {"id": 781907025, "item_id": 48869189, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48869189", "by": "JSR_FDED", "date": "2026-07-10", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I was so annoyed with how slimy Evernote had become and how the product regressed", "excerpt": "I was so annoyed with how slimy Evernote had become and how the product regressed and they were clearly not spending money on it, I switched to Apple Notes and have been very happy.", "context": "", "use_case": "note-taking", "switched_from": "", "story": "New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices"}, {"id": 781628000, "item_id": 48851750, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48851750", "by": "forsatellite", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I'm quite happy with how they've managed a mature platform.", "excerpt": "Contrary opinion I guess but they've modernized the two services I use that they've acquired: Evernote and Harvest. I was already a paying multi-seat customer of both so maybe the worst price increases didn't happen to me (yet); I suspect Bending Spoons has a real animosity to free/near-free tiers. But I certainly might get bitten soon. I use Evernote for paperless household management (shared travel itineraries, sca", "context": "paying multi-seat customer", "use_case": "household management and personal notes", "switched_from": "", "story": "What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that's now public"}, {"id": 781567904, "item_id": 48847994, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48847994", "by": "ethagnawl", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "warn", "quote": "they let Evernote devolve into a buggy pile of crap -- especially on Android", "excerpt": "Whatever they are, they let Evernote devolve into a buggy pile of crap -- especially on Android. I migrated to Joplin, stopped paying for my obscenely expensive plan ($$$ per year) and haven't looked back.", "context": "former paying customer", "use_case": "notes", "switched_from": "", "story": "What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that's now public"}, {"id": 775221552, "item_id": 48451347, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451347", "by": "criddell", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I really liked Evernote but they raised the price too much for me.", "excerpt": "I really liked Evernote but they raised the price too much for me. I used it mostly as an archive for long term storage where I could find things easily and it was pleasant to use. When it was $36 / year it made sense for me. I probably only used it a dozen or two times every year so it cost me roughly $1 / session. Then they quadrupled the price for me and paying $4 to dig out my TSA known traveler number was too mu", "context": "", "use_case": "archive for long-term storage", "switched_from": "", "story": "Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO"}, {"id": 769290674, "item_id": 48080667, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48080667", "by": "k310", "date": "2026-05-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I have not adopted notion or obsidian since trashing Evernote.", "excerpt": "Re: Apple Notes. There is no way to adjust line spacing, so paragraphs look (according to reddit commentators) super crunched or smooshed. To make notes really readable, one must insert a blank line. I copy such notes into Pages and increase the line/paragraph spacing. I have not explored synching in Pages other than just posting to iCloud drive. And I have not adopted notion or obsidian since trashing Evernote. My s", "context": "", "use_case": "note-taking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Notion or Obsidian or Apple Notes?"}, {"id": 755437792, "item_id": 47214862, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214862", "by": "SanjayMehta", "date": "2026-03-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Tried Evernote and tagging and so on and it turns out cataloging stuff is hard", "excerpt": "I use a couple of slim A7 notebooks, one is like a diary, it gets stored when it's full. The other is a hard copy of my memory of how to do things like squishing PDFs. I rarely have to look at things twice as the act of writing it down gives me enough context to remember it. But it's invaluable when I need it. Tried Evernote and tagging and so on and it turns out cataloging stuff is hard, and the lazy recourse is to ", "context": "", "use_case": "note cataloging", "switched_from": "Evernote", "story": "How to Record and Retrieve Anything You've Ever Had to Look Up Twice"}, {"id": 749296289, "item_id": 46831018, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46831018", "by": "octorian", "date": "2026-01-30", "stance": "warn", "quote": "after deciding I needed to dump Evernote", "excerpt": "Do I hoard notes/links? Yes. Do I struggle to turn them into actions? No. Do I struggle to keep them organized for later reference? All the time. Do I use Obsidian? No. I actually use Joplin, which I switched to after deciding I needed to dump Evernote. And before then (and somewhat simultaneously with), I used a pile of disorganized text files (sometimes shared via DropBox).", "context": "", "use_case": "notes", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Do you also \"hoard\" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions?"}, {"id": 748135680, "item_id": 46758480, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46758480", "by": "ChrisGammell", "date": "2026-01-25", "stance": "warn", "quote": "after they enshittified", "excerpt": "I didn't realize the Bending Spoons acquisition was a second time go-round. I do know after they enshittified (sorry, \"harvested called for the PE overlords\") two other web properties I used and loved back in the day (Evernote, Meetup), and thus I have an unfortunate to-do list item to migrate my 1000+ video library over to something else in 2026. Currently looking at Cloudflare for the files and some kind of player ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Vimeo's Slow Fade: An Engineer's Front-Row Seat to the Fall of a Web Icon"}, {"id": 739047361, "item_id": 46190460, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46190460", "by": "frankhsu", "date": "2025-12-08", "stance": "warn", "quote": "other products are becoming increasingly cumbersome and slow to launch", "excerpt": "I love this product immediately after typing something in it. For the foreseeable future, I'll be using it as my first choice when I want to jot down anything. I've used products like Evernote and Notion before. Sometimes I just want to write down a fleeting idea, but other products are becoming increasingly cumbersome and slow to launch. However, if I'm going to subscribe a plan for it, I'd like some extra features,", "context": "", "use_case": "note-taking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Kraa \u2013 Writing App for Everything"}]}