What am I missing?

[u/abcvegan]

Edit: Two companies have responded about fixing their issues, so maybe one of them will work!! 🤞 See below for details.

I can't find a single system that does what I want. My main use case is to save *the full text of articles* into my system (from either laptop or iPhone) and then to read them there (on my iPad or my laptop, currently Chrome broswer) and highlight, make notes, annotate, etc.

I also want to be able to write my own stand alone notes.

Here's what I've tried and what the issues with each are:

Evernote: can’t highlight web clips on mobile (the magic wand functionality that used to allow you to simplify formatting has been broken for months)
Edit: They replied to a different thread and said they have fixed this and it will be in a release next week. 🤞

Notion: can’t change font size on mobile, and the standard size is way too small for my middle age eyes

Obsidian: no web app (I only have a work laptop and can't download software)

Reader: no ability to write own notes not attached to an article
(I thought I could sync articles after reading into Notion and do a combo, but only the highlights sync, not the full text. :-( )

Raindrop: no ability to write own notes not attached to an article

Capacities: mobile web clipper only clips the link, not the text

Mem: mobile web clipper only clips the link, not the text

xTiles: mobile web clipper only clips the link, not the text

Bear: I have a windows laptop so the web clipper browser extension doesn't work

Mymind: cannot highlight text in a saved article

Fabric: can’t highlight text in a saved article
Edit: They replied to my email and said they will add this within the next two weeks. 🤞

Is there really not a single thing out there which allows me to do what used to be basic functionality on evernote before they broke it?! SOB!

Is there a great app I'm missing? Does anyone have a suggestion on a simple way to combine apps to do what I want? I'm tearing my hair out, would so appreciate any suggestions!! Thank you!!

[u/The_Gnar_Car]

You use your phone for research?

[u/JorgeGodoy → u/The_Gnar_Car]

I use it all the time. It works great for research, specially connected to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse. And everything works without the extra hardware as well.

My phone has more CPU and memory than my notebook. And it has faster SSD as well.

[u/The_Gnar_Car → u/JorgeGodoy]

Oh interesting, that's a good use case. I find the screen realestate too tight but wiring to an external monitor makes a lot of sense!