I don't use it, but seeing that it works on local folders, can't you just use it on a synched drive like google/dropbox/onedrive ?

I had used Obsidian - when it was all local file - for a while and switched to Roam because I could use it across my devices; going to try out Obsidian again because of the Syncing that's now available (and I was too lazy to get it set up with some stupid/janky rsync attempt on a box/drive folder).

Definitely liked Obsidian's ecosystem a lot more than Roam's so I'm excited to give it another shot now that my one missing - but needed - feature is now available.

> Roam Research is nice, but it's geared toward a specific way of writing.

could you (or anybody) elaborate?

what is different between Obsidian's inteded way of writing and Roam Research's??

Roam is basically an outliner

Obsidian is able to do outlining with some plugins, but is primarily designed for writing notes.

I really far prefer Obsidian. If you want to get a good primer on things, lookup Linking Your Thinking on YouTube.