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This is me as well, i feel like the time i spent on productivity tools > being productive

I’m using simple note taking apps now.

I would consider Obsidian to be simple. It's a markdown editor. You don't have to use all the plugins if you don't want to. I barely use any of the plugins, but it's still a great markdown editor.

File handling and structure is simple from a software design perspective, but Markdown is still infinitely more complicated than Word for most people.

“Just type a hash in front of anything you want to be a heading”… wouldn’t fare well in the average ‘parent test’.

Markdown is less complicated than Word in terms of features.

Don't confuse complexity with familiarity.

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