[FourthProtocol]

I have a home-baked system like this, mostly just files in folders and in some cases HTML-based indexes. It's not perfect and nowhere near as usable as Recall looks, but it works for me nonetheless.

I won't use Recall. It's just another Web app, and thus subject to the whims of the owners (selling my data, injecting ads when other sources of income fail, etc). I would be much more amenable to a desktop app I have absolute control over. They keep my data (assuming I were to use Recall) on their servers - but no comments I found talk about data protection or what happens to my online data if they fail, sell or merge with another company.

These days if I don't get absolute control of my data it's just not going to happen.

A model I would be happy with is a desktop app that syncs with a mobile app, encrypts everything, and is purchasable with a one-time payment.

I'm tired of Internet-everything. It always ends in disappointment for me.

[account-5]

I have a similar system except I make use of Zim Wiki for managing it. It's not on mobile but I don't do much of any import on mobile.

I have to agree with you, I didn't comment before because I didn't want to criticise something that has had a ton of work put into it.

If I was going to use something like this it would have to be local only with the potential to backup to the cloud of my choice, and sync (e2e encrypted) to other devices.

I'm not signing up for a subscription or web version for something I'm capable of doing with text files and folders on a computer, or in a notebook by hand.

I do think a ton of work has gone into this and it looks polished but I don't see a business model in it.

[paulrchds]

For what its worth, your data lives primarily in IndexedDB in your browser. It's then synced on the server for backup and sync between devices. And I don't have any intention on selling data or ads.