For example, as you detailed, there is a way to recover your password but you have to do all the steps manually (although I still don't know how you are going to delete your account without your password...).
> Same about the UI - it’s perfect.
I am curious as to how no context menu for notes makes for a perfect UI for you.
The point is of course there are workarounds and ways to make things work for you and that's okay for a free app. If you pay for a service, you want that service to do every thing you want because that's the whole point.
Context menu? Not sure what would I be using it for. But then again it’s my mode of operation.
I also have Simplenote, which also works well, but the e2e encryption (and lack of account recovery!) is what attracts me to standard note.
About the plan. The point is: the free plan is absolutely perfect for me, and I choose to pay just to say thanks for a great product.
The only thing missing for me is ability to see multiple accounts merged in a single UI - that would allow very easy sharing of notes.
For that I use iCloud or simplenote.
Maybe I don’t do edits as intensely as you do.
The free plan was perfectly adequate for the first year, then I explored the editors in the paid plan but found I got used to plain text much more so switched off all the add-ons. Was happy to compensate developers for a great app.
Forgotten password recovery is very simple:
Export an unencrypted backup on one device, delete the account from everywhere, recreate the account, reimport the backup.
Search in a single big list worked absolutely fine for me but maybe it’s just the way my brain works :-)
I didn’t notice much feature disparity but then again maybe I just like minimalism.
Same about the UI - it’s perfect. Very fast and no clutter.
Not sure what is absurd about their pricing. I paid the 5 year plan mainly as a token of thanks, because the app is absolutely perfect for my taste and use.