100% User-Supported

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acreom

#AI #B2c Saas #Productivity 34 social mentions

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Obsidian Canvas

Even when they step away from Markdown, like for example the canvas feature (https://obsidian.md/canvas), they make sure to build it on top of JSON files instead of inventing a more proprietary format. Does any of the competition use it? Not that I'm aware of. If Obsidian disappeared tomorrow, could anyone reasonably replicate it? Yes. If you don't want to pay for sync, you have other options. If you want to publish your notes, you have other options. Technically you need a subscription to use it for commercial purposes, but they have no way of enforcing that, plus there's a carve out for freelancers and for those like me working for NGOs. The point I'm trying to make is that not only are they user-funded, but all of their revenue comes from the most optional subscriptions you're gonna find in a for-profit product.

#Mac App #Productivity #Note Taking 32 social mentions

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Audio Diary

I've built Audio Diary (https://audiodiary.ai) which is in a similar space to Obsidian and found this post interesting, but very puritanical. Using funding as a "shortcut" to growth is very important as time is limited (by runway, lifespan, motivation, etc). He even says at the very start that he doesn't expect his app to live forever. If so, why not get some help to have the best chance of growth and get a great product to benefit as many people as possible? Audio Diary is currently also 100% user-supported, but I feel that even though it's "ramen profitable" and it has some promising signs of growth, I still find the prospect of accelerators to be exciting in terms of having motivation to grow, as well as helping to meet great people. I'm looking forward to applying to YC or Techstars. I obviously don't want to lose control of my startup, but from what I see, these programmes are a more worthwhile thing to do for the business and the product. Having said that, I have never received any funding—have I just drank the kool-aid on this one?

#Social Networks #Note Taking #Instant Messaging 9 social mentions