I'm asking if these services, which are very common, are justified at the cost they are being priced at, and if there's other ways that the pricing could be structured so solo-users could make use of them without spending hundreds of dollars a year. The pricing continues to be annoying to me, and I'd be just as happy to no longer be annoyed by having my mind changed.Įdit disclosure: I am a daily Obsidian user, have been for about 6-8 months, use it for my zettelkasten, writing articles, and a bit of journaling (tho not that much for that).Įdit 'Yes, I know': Yes, I know none of these are required. (Many platforms allow you to host sites for $10-20/mo and you can get a domain for the same, and you can sync to your phone). But, that's not a reason to pay whatever they are asking, especially when it's leaps above what most other platforms are asking. Financially supporting the things we love, especially the conveted, small(ish)-scale, boutique-y, mom and pop things is something we all love. Let's keep 'well, I like supporting Obsidian' out of the conversation. I'm wondering if we can discuss other pay models whereby the general solo-user (people not working in teams, for example), can get the benefits of Obsidian without having to spend hundreds of dollars a year. As of today, if you were to use Obsidian for syncing (having notes you take on your phone and computer sync up) and publish (let people see your notes online) it would cost you $30/mo or $288 a year.ĭoes anyone else feel that paying roughly $300 a year to have a basic, mostly text-based website and a way to make changes to that site from your phone is incredibly expensive?

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