It has been so rewarding and timely to see this post.
I just decided on Thursday after years of covering my ears and eyes from my obsidian-obsessed friends and coworkers that the tool just didn’t make sense to me, and I felt like I’d be in plugin purgatory on my computer for eternity.
I’ve ended up going with Reflect, after ~forever using Apple Notes primarily. So far so good, but I genuinely felt for so long I was supposed to love Obsidian because that’s the trope - appears that’s changing.