Are Paid Notes Apps a Trap?

We spend so much time searching for the perfect notes app that we often forget to actually use the notes and do the work.

In this episode of Press Pause, I’m looking at why I’ve moved away from the complexity of tools like Obsidian and Notion to go back to the most obvious choice: Apple Notes. For a long time, the "graph view" and complex linking were the gold standard, but for most of us, they’ve become more of a distraction than a utility.

Simplicity is winning the personal knowledge management game right now and Apple’s deep integration gives it an edge that third-party apps struggle to match.

We also dive into the current state of AI. While many are looking at Claude and Anthropic as the leaders, there are signs they may have fumbled their chance to unseat Google. I discuss why this might be the year Apple Intelligence changes the landscape and what it means for the future of these AI startups.

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