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5 Challenges Notion Will Face in 2020
The latest, greatest productivity app has its battles to face
Touted as Evernote’s successor, Notion — delivers a creative workspace to build your work tools and apps. A playground for productivity app enthusiasts. But what does the future look like after Notion’s bright start?
1. Bloating Features
When Evernote hit the mainstream in roughly 2013, the biggest issue they had was around education. A good 50% of the users were power users. They knew the ins and outs of Evernote, while the newcomers lacked the capabilities, either ditching the tool for something easy like Apple Notes or not upgrading to their Premium service, as they didn’t grasp the feature set.
Notion could face this issue. The bloat could become too much and scare people away. Right now, a lot of people “get it” after a few weeks, so they’ve managed to build a delicate balance between cultural productivity clans and every day note-takers, that are introduced to Notion by friends.
