We live in a multi-device reality. People expect their notes to sync. If you don't need sync, you might as well use notepad and store .txt files on local disk. Fine by me, but then there's nothing to discuss.
Yeah, I keep notes on org files in local disk and access them through Emacs. I have no need for SaaS to take notes. There's probably nothing an alternative could offer to pull me away from Emacs, even to a different desktop app.
But the topic of discussion here is whether people are getting tired of subscriptions, and why that is. I don't like subscriptions, so that's the perspective I'm contributing to it. You can't limit the discussion to only people who want to use online services and then say you're having an honest discussion about subscriptions.
