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1. Aachen+cu[view] [source] 2026-02-02 22:49:30
>>trms+(OP)
I'm an Anki user, on and off since 10 years or so, but was still confused. If I understood correctly, the entities here are:

- Anki, as set up by dae aka Damien, is like the brand name and desktop implementation with the spaced repetition algorithm

- AnkiWeb is what I thought this hub thing was. It's where you download decks

- AnkiHub is a third party (started by "AnKing", now 35 employees) who sells decks as a monthly subscription and has their content on the deep web (you need to create an account and agree to terms to even see a listing of what's there besides a few featured parts). This is who is getting ownership of the former two. Because they write that Anki will remain open source at its "core", I presume that means that things will, at best, stay stable rather than anything (like AnkiWeb the deck sharing platform) becoming open

- AnkiDroid is a separate open source project (an Android app). The corporation is hiring the main developer, but it's not yet clear to me whether they're just going to get paid to work more on AnkiDroid or if they're also getting other tasks

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2. eudamo+KH[view] [source] 2026-02-02 23:46:37
>>Aachen+cu
This sounds concerning. Someone ought to back up the public AnkiWeb decks while we still can.
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