Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce

Re:Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workf... by usgmr on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:59PM (#18020041)

I wanted to love Evernote, even swore by it for a time, but after a few months of extensive use, it becomes apparent that they don't care about customers outside of their business plans. Feature requests as old as 5 years get ignored while they keep pushing out features that would make Evernote more like a powerpoint alternative than a note-taking app.

Personally I want to think this is happening because better alternatives have been popping up. There's bear and omnifocus and, recently, notion.so that does a lot more than Evernote for a relatively cheaper price.

Also all of them have dark modes while Evernote doesn't.

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Re:Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workf... by nikanj on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:51PM (#18020407)

Evernote, like so many apps before it, has fallen head-first into the go-big-or-go-home trap.

These companies start a desperate, doomed-to-fail chase of a gigantic market, at the expense of their small-but-profitable niche. It's understandable from their board members' perspective, because a nice 5% ROI is not what they're after. They need that moonshot, even if chasing it likely results in losing everything.

See also: Every company that decides that their platform now needs a social media element.

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Re:Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workf... by kitsunesoba on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:18PM (#18021147)

Between Apple Notes, Bear, and OmniFocus I have no reason to use Evernote. They all do what they focus on well, cost less over time, and are proper native apps to boot.

For OmniFocus in particular I also have the assurance that its maker isn’t just going to up and vanish any time soon. They’ve been around since the NeXTSTEP days and are quite healthy.

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Re:Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workf... by thanatropism on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @07:57AM (#18023522)

I'm looking at the Omni products and they seem all great. But I might be transitioning from iPhone to Android in the next 24 months and am afraid of losing a lot of investment.

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