The Enshitification of Evernote has come to pass.
I have used Evernote over 10 years, and they have tweaked it well sometimes, and sometimes not so well, but I have used it for years to store my reading and writing notes.
That, unfortunately, ends today.
Evernote changed their plans and recently increased their yearly subscription price by 50% if you keep what you have, or otherwise, limits are placed on your amount of notes, notebooks, and devices to access their product. ENSHITIFICATION AT ITS BEST.
I suppose they have to pay for their AI gamble, which I never used.
Cory Doctorow really got it when he coined this term. The only way out is to delete my account.
What's worse, I put in a ticket to question their plans and increases, and EVERNOTE JUST SENT ME AN EMAIL GIVING ME INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO EXPORT MY CONTENT.
After I do that, I'm out. Evernote is history with me.
UPDATE: After I posted, I downloaded all my content from Evernote. Then I logged into my account to cancel my over 10 year subscription.
Once I clicked the Cancel button, a pop-up comes up “Offering my current options for $149 per year” and not the $249 per year increase. That is Doctorow’s “enshitification” personified!
The email Evernote sent me DECEPTIVELY offered two option: 1) Starter Option (with draconian content and use limits) for $129 per year and 2) Advanced Option for $249 per year that kept all my current features.
That’s poor and unethical business practices in my thinking.
I cancelled my long time subscription anyway. Who knows how Evernote will treat its users next year now that they have become enshitified!
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