Comparison
We say when the competitor is the better pick — no dunking for sport.
Obsidian's values are close to Confinity's: local-first, plain format, no venture hype, lifetime pricing available. The difference is the user. Obsidian is for a single person structuring their thinking in markdown. Confinity is for a household — a shared archive where one parent can write in Geist, the other in their voice, the grandparents can post a photo without a plugin, and the whole thing binds into a Yearbook. We overlap on ethos; we diverge on who it's for.
'A graph of notes is not the same as a home for people.'— Confinity principle
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