> Can you expand on this?

sure. does your note taking app supports formatting? you don't need it today. you will need it at some point. images? same.

does it handle file corruption etc? no? then its pretty much useless.

does it work across devices? in modern world, again, it is pretty much useless without it

it works across devices? then it needs hosting. if it is hosted it needs auth, it needs backups

you can go on for ever.

the bar for very minimal note taking app that you actually will use is very high, with other software it is even higher.

and this is not even state of art, this is must haves

Obsidian is super popular and is generally local first and device specific.

And even so if your starting a note taking app most of those problems like file corruption and image support are largely solved problems. There is also the benefit of being able to reference tons of open source implementations.

I think one month to notion like app that is prod ready if you just need Auth + markdown + images + standard text editing