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When it launched in 2008, Evernote became the go-to application for many for taking notes, tracking documents, organizing projects, and generally being the place to put anything you might want to find later. However, in the last few years, Evernote’s reputation has suffered due to an overloaded interface, privacy missteps, increased fees, and performance issues.
And as if that wasn’t enough, last year, the application was acquired by app developer Bending Spoons, and that company has recently announced that it was laying off most of its US employees and moving Evernote’s operations to Europe.
When an app is depended on by a large number of people — especially one that’s been around long enough so that a number of its users may have a…