Thanks very much for the explanation – it's very reassuring ;-)

However, it might be an idea to do what so many other apps (e.g. Obsidian) do, namely give users the choice between manually prodding a "Check for updates" button and setting updates to "Automatic"?

I suspect that would solve the upset!

I like Notes, but do wish it had elegant punctuation (e.g. "smart" apostrophes) and a more consistent treatment of fonts (emboldening something changes both the size and type of font, for example). But it's still early days!

Keep up the good work!

zjeffer wrote:

Hi,

I'm one of the maintainers of Notes. We provided an answer to this here:
https://github.com/nuttyartist/notes/discussions/530

Basically, the reason for the external connection is to check for new
versions. This can be disabled inside the app itself, or by building
from source with a specific CMake option.

We will definitely take your feedback into account, and make sure we
don't unnecessarily contact external servers without the user's
knowledge. However, I personally feel like checking for updates is an
exception to this: an application which has the ability to check for
updates, will of course contact external servers.

If you have further questions or feedback, feel free to post it in the
GitHub discussion above.

Thanks,
zjeffer