why i ditch day one app
I keep a journal for many years, literally many.
from to paper to digital, my first digital app was day one. i signed up as soon as they implemented the e2e encryption.
i don't like some of it's features, others i don't need.
i eventually ditch it, because :
- e2e is nice, but it is in their own server for the sake of cross-platform. not a bad thing, i just don't care about the cross platform.
- price increase. i get it, inflations and such. i have been using the app in the same way for many years. i can't justify its price increase for new feature development that i don't care about. i am happy to pay for what i use. unfortunately saas businesses don't pricing like that, they can't manage complex accounting issue.
- after i unsubscribed, i found this update Introducing Daily Chat . wft is this. so we need an ai to write our journals? nothing wrong with ai, i use it everyday. i don't need it for writing my journal. it is private and my own thought. if you are someone need to talk to someone to know what to write in your own journal, maybe you should stop, you don't have to. it is like you have need assistant to talk to write your private thoughts back in the pen and paper day. wft, it is not a collaboration.
sometime i don't get this mental health trend about journaling. some people say i don't know how to start, i don't what to write , then the mental health guru said you can do this and that.
my advice, if you don't know what to journal, stop. it is not a task to complete, come back when you have something to talk about to yourself. it won't cure you.
if you need to a 'chat' to write your journal, no wonder you have 'problems'.