Yes, it runs on the Emacs platform which has some really bad and also false reputation. It displays in-line images quite fine and, e.g., offers features to display and annotate PDF files in-line. Yes, it looks a bit ugly the first time but don't judge this book by its cover. Yes, it is a solution where you have to invest in a learning curve instead in Dollars. It is called Org mode and I blogged about it many times. This solution is extensible almost to infinity without losing its touch of being a lightweight tool. Since 2011, I am using a PIM solution that is easy to use, stores in simple text files which offer perfect future-proofness. Besides the horrible privacy-implications of using a cloud service for personal knowledge solutions, I do have a proposal.
OneNote for Windows 10 or Evernote are typical candidates. The danger I see is that with OneNote discontinued, people are moving to a different lock-in situation. Which is a pity, since I really do love the functions provided by OneNote 2016. I personally would never invest time or resources in a tool where I know that I would end up with a loss of data as I mentioned with iPhoto on macOS. In 2014, I warned about using OneNote because it has a proprietary file format which results in a classic lock-in situation: German blog article. However, there will be a migration cost for all users of OneNote 2016.
Of course, Microsoft emphasizes that Windows 10 will be extended by some features OneNote 2016 offers and OneNote for Windows 10 does not. They want to have their users switch to a stripped-down version of OneNote which is called OneNote for Windows 10. Microsoft has announced that OneNote 2016 will be discontinued in the future.
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