Comment by 8fingerlouie
8 hours ago
Is there a reason that Obsidian, Notion and OP all decided to use a dedicated sync service, as opposed to just using generic file storage, which may or may not be in the cloud ?
It would seem to me that it would leave out a whole lot of complexity to just use Google Drive / OneDrive / iCloud Drive to handle the synchronization across devices, and if need be you could then just add encryption on the cloud storage (if desired), which you would need to do anyway for the dedicated sync service. It would also reduce the infrastructure cost a lot, and utilize resources already available.
You can sync an Obsidian vault with whatever you wish, the online option is mostly convenience.
On desktop yes, but on iOS at least, i can choose between iCloud, local or Obsidian Sync.
Simply "plugging in" to an iOS File Provider interface would be a better experience from a user perspective, but i realize it would sell fewer Sync licenses, which appears to be the business model after they removed the requirement for purchasing a license for commercial use.
iCloud and local are less problematic, but Obsidian Sync introduces a governance / compliance hell i'm not prepared to face, and OneDrive / SharePoint is the preferred, pre approved, company file syncing platform. Getting Obsidian Sync approved requires GDPR audits and other niceties from ISAE 3000.