I mistakenly allowed Evernote to upgrade my copy of their software and I have regretted it every since. I can't use a product that removes control of my companies proprietary Data. Having access from multiple devices has zero value to me. Privacy and Security are the only things I care about..
I have had a subscription and depended on the Evernote application since 2014.
I have to ask myself, why risk loosing a significant portion of your customer base by removing an EXISTING feature like Local Notebooks. The only answer I can come up with is they have realized the value of their customers data. They must be selling it. Maybe not any specific note or notebook, but by aggregating data about location, use, etc for other customers to add to their analytics.
Thinks about that when you add a note with confidential data.
If they don't add Local Notebooks back by the time my subscription renews (2 months), I'm not renewing.
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