the checklist version of the Obsidian manifesto:

1. free for personal use
2. interoperable local plain text files
3. no telemetry
4. E2E encryption
5. flexible API for desktop and mobile
6. actively maintained/patched
7. no VC funding

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we have several revenue streams:

- Commercial use license
- Catalyst gives you early access to new Obsidian features
- Sync service for desktop<>mobile, which is optional and has free alternatives
- Publish service for web hosting notes, also optional and has free alternatives

https://obsidian.md/pricing

Do you only rely on donations, subscription for multiple platforms?

yes, Obsidian has had E2EE ever since Sync launched

Front-end dev in solidity world 
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Side project encrypted photo and video folder
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yes, Obsidian has had E2EE ever since Sync launched

https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian+Sync/Security+and+privacy

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Obisidian is difficult but one of the best apps out there

i should try it. my personal note system is txt/md but not e2e. mostly sublime and sometimes nvalt. dropbox for sync

One of my all time favorite apps and easily my favorite PKB/PKM app 💜

Curious, why is nr 7 part of the manifesto. Do you consider VC funding to be fundamentally damaging to the long term vision of the project? Or do you simply not need it?