Bye bye Evernote — it was great while it lasted

As a long time user of Evernote, it’s very disappointing to learn that the app’s new owners, Bending Spoons, has shut down its USA and Chilean operations and is shifting everything to its European HQ. And while that sucks for the teams in those places, there’s a further sting in the tail for users — the price of an annual subscription has tripled.

Bending Spoons acquired Evernote with the promise to boost Evernote with its “proprietary technologies” to “augment its usefulness” and “strengthen its reach.”

I’ve been a long time user of Evernote, having been a subscriber for almost as long as I’ve used a Mac. It’s a key element of my workflow as I have it linked to my ScanSnap scanner as well as using it for tapping out notes, article drafts and all sorts of other bits and pieces. But these latest moves, along with some questionable (at least in my view) decisions on what features to prioritise, means I’m done with Evernote.

Details of the layoffs and shift in operations were announced in a blog post that details some reasons bye severance conditions for the laid off employees. Bending…