That's great in theory, but utterly impracticable on the phone etc.
And the "limited number of platforms" includes everything 98% of people are using.
I do sympathize with your views, but I value convenience more, in this case.
And the "limited number of platforms" includes everything 98% of people are using.
I do sympathize with your views, but I value convenience more, in this case.
I use dropbox to sync a text file from my phone and a separate file from my tablet. These text files are managed by gthnk (http://gthnk.com), which combines all of these files overnight. By the next morning, all of my notes are together no matter where I originally wrote the note.
I'd imagine it wouldn't be too far fetched to utilize a sync service like your current solution for flat files in a more real-time manner...
Also, you're right; there's no deep architectural reason why you couldn't sync more frequently than once per day.
Surely you're aware of the myriad of applications out there that will synchronize these things without issue.
Anyway, it's just one set of tradeoffs over another. In this case volatility and buttons for finicking and platform independence.
Of course, we are making it more difficult for other products to gain traction. Say, for instance, a start-up wants to offer a solution with extreme privacy without the drawbacks of an Microsoft or Apple.