I’ve been decreasingly enthused about Standard Notes since I started self hosting it.
First, it was a little weird that the biggest draw of their premium subscription was not their cloud but extensions, which were mostly made by third parties and needed only a static site to host. But I could host my own extensions so this was no big deal.
Then they made it harder to host and install your own extensions, making you have to select them one at a time instead of pointing to a single place.
Then they started moving functionality like folders into extensions.
More recently, a bug appeared where the logged in account would start trying to sync with the default instance instead of the one you initially entered, on both desktop and mobile apps.
And possibly the last straw for me, they discontinued synching self-hosted instances on their web app, without warning.
And I haven’t been particularly thrilled with the idea of putting all my privacy needs under a single banner either. Email isn’t secure. You need to put a ton of trust in your VPN provider. I don’t think either of those services should be provided by the same company…
ETA: When did Standard Notes add AI generated pictures to their homepage? They don’t look good.