- File Over App is a philosophy and an appeal to tool makers from Steph Ango, the CEO of Obsidian:
āFile over appĀ 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 and readā¦ [A]ll software is ephemeralā¦ give people ownership over their data.ā
- This is exactly why Obsidian is such an important piece of software. Itās being built with the express intention of allowing us to create enduring artifacts ā the exact opposite of the principles that lead us to {002.3} weāre losing the magic of our lifeās ephemera to the cloud.