Evernote Is History with Me: They Have Lived up to Doctorow's Notion and Have Become Enshitified

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, choose a crappy plan with draconian limits  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 anyway.

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 AND CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION.

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!

On an added bit of irony, Bending Spoons, the company that now owns Evernote boasts on its website: “We acquire and improve iconic products.” Perhaps that would better read: “We acquire and enshitify iconic products.”