If you backup your Evernote data on a regular basis (by exporting your notebooks as .enex files) then you should be in good shape should you ever decide to drop EN.
Or if it gets hit by an “Evernote-sized asteroid”. 
I always insure that I can get my data out of a program before I start using it.
Does something like Devonthink have OCR functionality or at least something that can be added to complete this?
To be frank, I don’t trust Google for anything. And this isn’t a comparison of Google vs. Evernote encryption (or lack thereof) but Google 100% sleeves me out.
I haven’t used Devonthink since v2?, but they state:
“DEVONthink contains an optical character recognition (OCR) module that allows you to import scanned documents and make them searchable. These documents are “read” by the embedded OCR engine and stored as PDF files that contain an additional (invisible) text layer with the recognized, computer-readable text. Use these options to fine tune the OCR process.” So yes, it does do OCR.
When it comes to privacy free apps from Google, and Apple are much the same. Both know more about us that we would care to admit. But neither sell that information to third parties. Google uses that information to sell targeted advertisements. If Google sold the detailed info no one would buy their ads.
OTOH Google does not use your data to sell advertisement if you use their PAID services. Conflating their free and paid services is a common mistake that people make. For example Google Workspace is HIPAA compliant meaning that it can be used to store and transmit Protected Health Information. Apple specifically forbids PHI on iCloud.
Most business use Microsoft or Google services. Companies like Airbus wouldn’t use Google Workspace if it wasn’t secure.
If you are undecided between Apple Notes and Evernote, I think it is worth noting (oops!) that if you export an Evernote notebook (.enex file) that file is easily imported into Apple Notes. In my experience, very little, if any tweaking is required and you have a duplicated folder in Apple Notes. I don’t know how to go in the other direction without manual copy/pasting.
I’m impressed by Google’s privacy settings having recently revisited them… such as auto deletion of history and opting out of specific forms of data collection.
I tried Bing recently and didn’t find it nearly so easy to set up privacy, to the extent it dissuaded me from using it.
DEVONthink user here - OCR is built in and works pretty well.
I switched from Evernote some years ago when they doubled the cost of my subscription. Never looked back.
Fwiw, the brilliant Omnisearch plugin enables automatic OCR and full text indexing in Obsidian.
Evernote has just announced their price increases in their latest blog. The new prices are effective from 1 May 2023 for new subscribers and the end of May for existing subscribers.
I appreciate some of the new focus, particularly around sync. But nothing in that post makes me want to jump ship since migrating to #UpNote….especially considering the pricing model!
They’re certainly pushing prices, although simply increasing the price for inflation since Evernote’s last price increase makes it less of a jump. I suspect many software companies are stuck in unsustainable business models because of low pricing offered at the start to gain customers and the challenge of increasing it thereafter.
I jumped ship from Upnote after using it briefly in part because I don’t see how they can have a sustainable business model based on a very inexpensive lifetime subscription when they’re having to pay Google for storage and processing.
I’m intrigued by the AI offering of Evernote and its apparent ability to refactor notes. Other competing products are also working on this so it’s a must have.
Hey there, I was just thinking about Evernote’s recent price increase, and I know not everyone might agree with me, but I’m actually cool with it. I think it’s gonna help the platform grow and bring in some sweet new features. Sure, the price hike might be a bit much compared to other apps, and some peeps might not be able to afford it, but I still see the value in what Evernote’s got to offer.
I totally get that some folks who love the classic Evernote vibe might not be too thrilled about the changes. Change can be a bummer, and we all like sticking with what we know, right? But from where I stand, it’s super important for the app I depend on to have a rock-solid, money-making biz backing it up. I wanna trust that Evernote’s gonna stick around and have my back for the next 20 years and beyond.
Looking back at the years from 2018 up until now, I can’t help but feel a bit bummed out by how Evernote’s been kinda stuck in a rut—no cool new features, meh apps, and snail-paced development. But now, I’m getting all pumped up about what’s in store for Evernote and all the awesome possibilities these changes might bring for all of us who rely on it.
Or of course it could just be corporate marketing hype.
Buy (or rent) an app on what it does not on what it promises. Not used EN seriously in years though.
The new pricing is on a par with Readwise.
Different apps, but many here have no problem paying for Readwise Reader.
I’m very late to this party, hell I didn’t even notice that Evernote had been acquired, but any company which processes the data of EU citizens needs to comply with GDPR no matter where the company resides.
Only for its EU customers, though.
Agreed, but for the major requirements, there’s little point in splitting your effort
Not to mention the costs and risks associated with managing the split, which would be an extremely non-trivial task
@ThatGuy @geoffaire – Except this “split” will occur naturally depending on where user information is actually stored and the policies and practices at each physical data facility.
I don’t think that’s correct.
If I understand aright, GDPR rules apply to the person (EU citizen) regardless of where the data is stored. Splitting data management into GDPR- and non-GDPR populations would entail identifying which accounts belong to EU citizens (and UK citizens, for the time being), and I don’t think that’s easy. You could approximate from location data, but even that entails work and cost. It might be OK for the bulk of cases, but that would leave s significant number at risk.
Don’t some companies operate, for example, in both the EU and the United States? Presumably the big outfits will have more than one data center around the world and may choose to host clients in their own country? And therefore would be subject to the laws and rules of that country? The corporation I worked for in the U.S. treated the EU separately and acknowledged that the laws were different “over there.”