Evernote Loyalist

Today, The Wall Street Journal devotes an article to the bane of forced updates, and interviews users who refuse them. https://www.wsj.com/tech/meet-the-never-updaters-why-some-people-refuse-to-download-new-software-0f08b4db

Yes, this may be a good idea! But how do we stop Evernote from checking for updates while in the field?

The Wall Street Journal devotes an article to the bane of forced updates, and interviews users who refuse them. https://www.wsj.com/tech/meet-the-never-updaters-why-some-people-refuse-to-download-new-software-0f08b4db

Thank you for the suggestion!

If you can guide us in putting the client in offline mode, we'll be thankful.

Thanks for the suggestion. However, it will not aid us. As I explained, we often use the software in the field, on a narrow and expensive bandwidth. When we open the app, we must see very quickly the note we are looking for. Since the feature was removed, we must keep the app open for long stretches of time, which delays our work and costs us a fortune. Since companies can't anticipate the use cases of myriad users, they typically avoid forcing updates down users throats. In fact, I don't know of any commercial software that forces regular updates onto users. Even consumer software, like smart phone apps, allow disabling auto-updates. Bending Spoons is simply not following common practices in the software industry, and for that we might have to abandon this software.

Yes, it is incredibly arrogant of Bending Spoons to force updates down our proverbial throats. I don't know of any commercial software that forces regular updates onto users. Even consumer software, like smart phone apps, allow disabling auto-updates. Bending Spoons is simply ignoring common practices in the software industry, and for that we might have to abandon this software. This would be sad, as we have been loyalists for over a decade.

Thanks for your two cents. Forced updates is a major problem for us, so unfortunately we must begin looking into alternatives for Evernote. However, I disagree with the characterization above. In fact, I don't know of any commercial software that forces regular updates onto users. Even consumer software, like smart phone apps, allow disabling auto-updates. Bending Spoons is simply not following common practices in the software industry, and for that we might have to abandon this software.

Unfortunately, it is a policy choice: Force updates down users throats. As I explained above, it is a serious problem for us: We often use the software in the field, on a narrow and expensive bandwidth. When we open the app, we must see very quickly the note we are looking for. Since the 'disable auto updates' feature was removed, we must keep the app open for long stretches of time, which delays our work and costs us a fortune. Please restore the option to delay updates. We hope that you can do so by January 2024, when our subscription is up for renewal.

I see the same notification, but only if Evernote happened to be opened. If it is not opened, a update is forced whenever the app is opened. This is precisely the problem: We're in the field with no bandwidth to spare, and Evernote starts downloading an update... 😞

Before posting here, we contacted customer service. The response: "I understand that you want to disable the auto update of Evernote on your device. As per checking on our resources, please be advised that disabling automatic updates is not yet an option and we haven’t built this feature into the new Evernote app."

Before posting here, we contacted customer service. The response: "I understand that you want to disable the auto update of Evernote on your device. As per checking on our resources, please be advised that disabling automatic updates is not yet an option and we haven’t built this feature into the new Evernote app."

Before posting here, we contacted customer service. The response: "I understand that you want to disable the auto update of Evernote on your device. As per checking on our resources, please be advised that disabling automatic updates is not yet an option and we haven’t built this feature into the new Evernote app."

Before posting here, we contacted customer service. The response: "I understand that you want to disable the auto update of Evernote on your device. As per checking on our resources, please be advised that disabling automatic updates is not yet an option and we haven’t built this feature into the new Evernote app."

I’d like to vote for allowing users to delay updates. This feature is crucial for our use case. Without it, we won’t be able to continue supporting Evernote, as we’ve been doing for 15 years, since 2008. In past versions of Evernote, users could decide whether to install an update. This is not an unusual feature – it is found in most software products. For some reason, this feature was removed. We appreciate the effort of Bending Spoons, the new owner, to modernize Evernote. However, the option to defer updates is crucial for our use case. We often use the software in the field, on a narrow and expensive bandwidth. When we open the app, we must see very quickly the note we are looking for. Since the feature was removed, we must keep the app open for long stretches of time, which delays our work and costs us a fortune. Please restore the option to delay updates to the Windows 10 version. To be clear, we do not receive a pop-up asking to update. The update is forced whenever we open the app. We hope that you can do so by January 2024, when our subscription is up for renewal. Thank you for considering!