I think there's something really appealing about being able to open your notes without needing the original app or a specific cloud service. That's a much better kind of "ownership" than just having an export button somewhere.

One thing I've noticed with note apps is that "simple" and "private" seem surprisingly difficult to get together.

A lot of apps are simple but cloud-dependent, while the local-first ones often become much more complicated than what I actually want from a notes app.

I'd honestly take a boring notes app that just does the basics well over another "second brain" system with 50 features.

$5/TB/month actually sounds pretty competitive. I was curious about B2, but it’s currently around $6–7/TB, so it wouldn’t really save you anything on storage alone.

Hetzner Storage Box seems more interesting if you don’t specifically need S3-compatible object storage.

That combination seems surprisingly hard to find on Android. Markor misses live editing, while Joplin doesn't really fit the plain-folder workflow.

I haven't found a FOSS app that does both well yet. Curious if anyone knows one.

The important distinction to me is whether clipboard access is user-initiated or happens silently in the background. Explicit paste should stay frictionless, while background reads are where tighter controls make sense. If GrapheneOS can enforce that boundary without adding an iOS-style prompt every time, that seems like a strong compromise.