top | item 47204600 (no title) 4diii | 2 days ago someone reverse engineered obsidian sync a couple years ago, but obsidian ended up “patching” it. Saw some recent discussion on here about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44768641 discuss order hn newest wiether|2 days ago Seems fair to me.Obsidian Sync has always been presented as a paid add-on, here to provide income for the company building Obsidian and giving it for free.If they provided a direct BYOS(ync/erver) mechanism, less people would pay for the add-on, which is their source of income.Instead, they let you use your own sync mechanism by only relying on text files.I understand why some people could get upset about this, but they've always been transparent :- no proprietary format ; can migrate at anytime without effort- free but closed-sourced software- add-ons for income
wiether|2 days ago Seems fair to me.Obsidian Sync has always been presented as a paid add-on, here to provide income for the company building Obsidian and giving it for free.If they provided a direct BYOS(ync/erver) mechanism, less people would pay for the add-on, which is their source of income.Instead, they let you use your own sync mechanism by only relying on text files.I understand why some people could get upset about this, but they've always been transparent :- no proprietary format ; can migrate at anytime without effort- free but closed-sourced software- add-ons for income
wiether|2 days ago
Obsidian Sync has always been presented as a paid add-on, here to provide income for the company building Obsidian and giving it for free.
If they provided a direct BYOS(ync/erver) mechanism, less people would pay for the add-on, which is their source of income.
Instead, they let you use your own sync mechanism by only relying on text files.
I understand why some people could get upset about this, but they've always been transparent :
- no proprietary format ; can migrate at anytime without effort
- free but closed-sourced software
- add-ons for income