Eagle for me right now mostly because I can simply pull from any service into it and own the data.

Granted, I only fully embraced Eagle after I created a shortcut to add things to a watched folder in the Files app

I believe that or savee with the Dropbox sync feature, are the best options. I will follow your advice and give it a try since I already have an eagle license. Thank you!

I use arena as a paid supporter $70usd per year. 75% of the time i save via chrome extension, 20% via web and 5% from mobile. Arena also supports a full zip export of every channel so you can easily get files if you need them.

I really try to love are.na. I love what you can find there, the community is full of smart people, and the team behind it is so transparent in an awesome way. And although I like the brutalism vibe, I can't stop feeling the whole experience is cumbersome

Understandable, I suppose there was a little bit of a learning curve for me when I first started using it. I find the act of using Arena is more of a delayed gratification compared to other apps. It's also under active development and seem pretty open to user feedback

Lock you in how?

Ideally,if a service adopts a "files over app" approach, it would be the best scenario. However, if I'm using an app that doesn't allow me to export my files or preserve some of original structure, I would consider it to be a form of lock-in stephanango.com/file-over-app

File over app

File over app is a philosophy: if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve an...

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Working on an app right now for this that is native (not web-based) and stores your files locally. We're hoping to release it soon: gather.do

Super cool! Join the waitlist

I’ve fully embraced Cosmos.so. Easily the best thing I’ve tried.

Same, and very importantly, it allows downloads

i was looking for things 3 of visual bookmarking apps but nothing really satisfied me. i use cosmos now but social aspects of it doesnt interest me. its still between cosmos vs mymind. i've also tried fabric but it feels extremely unfinished

are.na is 💯💯💯

Can also give Walling a try walling.app/

Walling - The visual workspace to organize and share ideas

Walling is a visual, fast tool to organize and share ideas on collaborative walls.

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+1 for Eagle, so smooth and fast, local storage.