>None of this is so important I'll need it in 10 years or so secret I can't let the cloud service see it.

then you're a pretty unusual note taker because personal notes frequently cover anything from medical, financial, work-related or simply dates, addresses or other personally identifiable information none of which I would ever remotely trust with an online cloud service. In particular not in an ecosystem of haphazardly abandoned and rebooted projects that are maintained in a Discord channel.

The reality a is a small percentage of my data in any of those spaces will be needed in 5 years let alone 10

Medical history is all in Epic. And I’m struggling to think of much of anything in my personal digital life from 10 years from now I’ve ever looked at. I guess long term investments I’ll need the cost basis when I sell. That’s in my brokerage account.

And if Epic or my broker abruptly disappear I’ll have larger issues. As will society.