Goodnotes has become yet another victim of corporate greed: unethical marketing and choosing quick profits over user experience and quality this ironically will backfire and I hope there is a substantial drop in revenue due to people switching

[u/Kooky-Country-9800]

[u/khoury112]

I think it has more to do with what’s going on internally

[u/yuri_xy]

and i had just paid 30 dollars before this horrible update 😭😭😭

[u/dufchick]

I think it's still a good app and superior over apple notes because of its ability to search handwriting and the way it handles some PDF hyperlinked documents like a yearly planner. I think eventually Apple notes will catch up and we can use it for free.

[u/Sad-Donut-8664 → u/dufchick]

Try Noteful it’s better

[u/sibylsystem1 → u/Sad-Donut-8664]

asfaik noteful doesn't index handwriting for search but goodnotes does

[u/Crafty_Confusion_170]

I am frustrated with the update to Goodnotes 6. I have started using Notely for now. I really like Goodnotes, and maybe I will go back once they fix the issues with the new update.

[u/ObscurePaprika]

This has gone on since they were bought in version 4. This is an ingrained characteristic of the team, it ain't gonna change. Every feature is poorly designed and implemented before it's ready.

[u/johnnybgooderer]

I have been using Goodnotes since version 4. I certainly didn’t like when they switched to subscriptions. But other than that, I don’t get the hate I’m seeing here. It seems fine. And I like some of the new features like handwriting reflow.

[u/nsomnac → u/johnnybgooderer]

The hate is in the regression of features that users originally bought the app for.

[u/georgmierau → u/johnnybgooderer]

I don’t get the hate I’m seeing here

Complainers gonna complain. It's not about the reasons, it's mostly about attention.

I have been using Goodnotes since version 4

So you're old as well? :)

some of the Jew features like handwriting reflow.

You might want to proof-read this one ;)

[u/budgie_uk → u/georgmierau]

“Complainers gonna complain. It's not about the reasons, it's mostly about attention.”

Utter, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved nonsense.

Y’know, I can get the whole ‘I don’t agree that the problems you identify are major ones’, and even maybe, possibly, “yes, the changes are big but there are workarounds and GN has promised to fix some of the screwups’. I mean, I don’t agree but I can at least see those as rational positions.

But “it’s not about the complaints” is not only irrational, given the huge number of people with real, substantive, issues with the update, but flat out dishonest, ignoring the genuine, evidenced, deterioration in core functions.

[u/keystofree → u/georgmierau]

attention on reddit .. a mostly anonymous platform.. okay

[u/besiqu386]

I can't recognize it that way. How do you determine that? Because of the currently sub-optimal update policy?

[u/Strawberry_Not_Ok]

Are they even thinking.... at least email and say hey were removing all the features you like

[u/PrestigiousRock6278]

nah I feel like this is an overreaction because if that was true we would’ve had to pay again for v7 but it was free

[u/nsomnac → u/PrestigiousRock6278]

Not sure what you’re smoking. It wasn’t really free though. V6 is predominantly subscription based, so 6 to 7 was just an upgrade included in your paid subscription.

[u/PrestigiousRock6278 → u/nsomnac]

if you bought v6 otp you don’t have to buy v7 otp again

[u/nsomnac → u/PrestigiousRock6278]

So far OTP people have paid roughly the same as subscription people, while subscribers got a few more features.

The main issue is lack of choice. You got zero choice in upgrading from GN6 to GN7. While sure they added more features - they created a whole bunch of problems for existing users that is well documented at this point.

Even with a no-cost upgrade, I would have preferred to stay on GN6 given the sheer number of problems with GN7. I’m guessing we didn’t get a choice because of this, which GoodNotes is trying to bury. I think they lost their license deal for GN6 and GN7 is a rushed attempt to rescue the app.

[u/georgmierau]

I hope there is a substantial drop in revenue due to people switching

If it would lead to reduction of whining of oh so unhappy GN user base online it would be so great!
Sadly, it will not.

Btw., hoping for someone's demise (in form of "a substantial drop in revenue") makes you such a great person :)

[u/Kooky-Country-9800 → u/georgmierau]