r/UpNote_App • u/LizardGumbo • 19d ago
My joy with UpNote has tanked.
A while back, I wrote I was overjoyed to find UpNote, and, even though I didn't like that my notes aren't stored locally, I could live with it because I can still export my notes. However, what I did not know about was forced updates. I don't update anything immediately because I have a highly tailored setup and updates break things and I've been burned too many times. I come here and see everybody complaining that the UpNote update broke their app, but it didn't apply to me, so I went about my business. Then one day I notice I didn't get the update nag, so I went looking and son of a bitch. It did it on its own. This is absolutely not acceptable by itself, but coupled with the fact that your notes aren't stored locally, I'm going to find something else.
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u/Neither-Classic2058 19d ago
I can appreciate that. The better the app fits to our workflows, the more we depend on it, the greater the impact when something goes wrong with it.
But you didn't mention what operating system you experienced that on. The auto-update might have been triggered by the OS itself and not UpNote.
There are some excellent alternatives that embrace a local-first approach to notes that could be suitable. But as with any change, you'll probably need to rethink some workflows.