Evernote and the cloud

Posted by dan7000
Sep 17, 2016 at 12:36 AM

xtabber wrote:

>Evernote would be a perfect step up from Google Keep on Android. I
>don’t really see it happening, but if it did, I certainly would not fear
>that acquisition.

If Google acquires Evernote I would urge users to get their data out as fast as possible. Last year Google acquired an amazing and innovating task manager/ todo list (Timeful) and within a month the app and all of its features were history. What a sad waste. Not to mention Google+, GTalk, Orkut, Google Health. Oh, look: there is a whole wiki dedicated to discontinued Google apps and services—many that it acquired and then summarily shut down, like Timeful (which strangely is not on the list): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Google_services

I’m not criticizing Google for this history, I’m just pointing out this is the way they work. They are not about longevity - they are about trying stuff and then moving on to the next thing. That’s good for innovation; not good for users who rely on their services.

Reminds me to back up my gmail :)