Digital brain Roam can give anyone your info to stop “imminent financial loss”

You can store data locally, but it costs $500 up-front.

I'm a freedom-respecting software (the F in FOSS) philosophy activist. I agree that developers need to make money and capture value for software development to be sustainable.

I believe Roam is unethical because the incentives between the user and the proprietor are misaligned in Roam's business model, where a monthly fee is required to continue using the software.

Feel free to ask me any questions on why I consider Roam unethical, digital ethics, or the free software philosophy.

For those looking for other knowledgebase management software, look at freedom-respecting (and open-source too) software: Athens Research[0] (YC20), org-roam, and logseq. If you'd like extensibility, try org-roam.

[0]: https://athensresearch.github.io/athens/

[1]: https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam

[2]: https://logseq.com