Less is safer: How Obsidian reduces the risk of supply chain attacks

'It may sound obvious but the primary way we reduce the risk of supply chain attacks is to avoid depending on third-party code."

What a horribly disingenuous statement, for a product that isn't remotely usable without 3rd-party plugins. The "Obsidian" product would be more aptly named "Mass Data Exfiltration Facilitator Pro".

I've used Obsidian for years without a single 3rd party plugin.

It is possible to make your same point without histrionic excess.

Yeah, this is always the response. Usability can be assessed objectively, so you just have low standards.

I have to agree that I don't find plugins necessary, and I'm not sure why you're so down on people using a solid backlinking note taker. I don't think I have low standards, I think Roam and Logseq aren't that great and Obsidian is all I need.

> a product that isn't remotely usable without 3rd-party plugins

That's not even remotely true. Obsidian out-of-the-box is very usable, covers pretty much all use cases for a note-taking software.

I've been using it for ages, and I haven't needed to turn on the Community Plugins switch for anything.

Usually the people I see with tons of Obsidian plugins are people who think "just one more plugin" is what stands between them and productivity.