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I used org-mode for more than a decade and I still like it as a format a bit more than Markdown.

But the main problem with it is Emacs. I want to use org-mode, but I don't need the hassle that is installing a decently configured emacs in multiple environments and platforms.

Eventually I just gave up and went full markdown first with Joplin and currently with Obsidian.

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Post author here. I agree with the sentiment... Emacs org-mode sticks with me because it grew on me over the years. It's awesome, but it's also a lifestyle :D

For your (very legitimate, "just gimme a distro") needs, perhaps Emacs Writing Studio could entice you back into the fold: https://lucidmanager.org/tags/emacs/

Thanks for the pointer to Writing Studio!

Note also that LogSeq is an org-mode based PKM (https://discuss.logseq.com/t/logseq-org-mode-compatability/8...)

Yeah, LogSeq is listed in my blog post. At the time of the post, I think they were desktop-only. Now I see they have apps for all the big OSes; desktop and mobile. Very cool!

I wrote a command line tool called "orji" coz of this (still in alpha).

I wanted to use orgzly or a text editor and just be able to write templates (in jinja2) or bash scripts to push data in or out of my notes.

What about Obsidian app on Android asking for permission to access all files on the device?

Because either apple is too stringent or the obsidian devs are too lazy, I see this this as a better alternative to not being able to sync your files on an ios device with your sync tool of choice. Right now the only two ways to sync your obsidian notebook on an iphone or ipad is to use icloud or obsidian's paid service. icloud falls short when your ipad is your only apple device, and I already have syncing across every other device with a different cloud service.

This is why:

https://help.obsidian.md/android#Storage+permissions

They seems to trade off privacy protections to gain performance, which I think is a very odd choice.

Did they publicly establish that that the scoped storage is hurting their performance to an unacceptable degree, before making that choice?

What if users are not fine with that choice of giving a blanket approval to a closed source system.

There is no good reason why Obsidian needs to see more than its own files and the specific documents that the user wants it to see.

Obsidian Sync is a paid service.

Would you trade absolute dogshit performance (looong delays for syncing notes between mobile and desktop) for privacy with a product you pay actual money every month?

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