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Notion privacy respecting alternative (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Original question by @[email protected]

I am currently using Obsidian. I like it; it is great. The graph is a bit of a gimmick but very rewarding. The formatting is easy. The search can be great and powerful, but Markdown can also be a letdown sometimes; it is just so limiting sometimes.

I think Obsidian is almost boring. It works, and my main gripe is syncing it to my phone. I have tried using Syncthing, but I often get clashes with versions of notes or even lose notes, even when using Syncthing versioning.

But then there is Notion. Let me first say, I have not used Notion at all. I made an account, saw all the great stuff, especially the database feature and all the APIs, but something felt off.

Of course, I researched the privacy of Notion and realised it is a complete dumpster fire.

My work is confidential; I really can't use something like Notion. But then, for my personal stuff, I also don't want AI to be trained on it or used for marketing to me or on me.

Are there alternatives to Notion that someone can recommend to me?

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[–] RayJW 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://anytype.io/ would probably check those boxes! It's sadly only source-available but that's already much better than Notion and Obsidian :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This product has always confused the heck out of me.

It says it's peer to peer "No server, no gatekeeper: peer-to-peer sync on local networks", but then they have plan options to pay for more storage??

And they have a line "Joining the Anytype network means contributing to our story" which is strange because it kind of implies that my stuff is getting shared somewhere.

Every time I go on this website I feel like someone accidentally put the marketing copy for 2 different products together.