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I’m vaguely aware of Org-mode but only as an alternative to Markdown. Last time I looked into it, though (years ago), Markdown seemed like a much better option for me for various reasons. Do you have a good argument for why Org-mode is a better choice for common use cases than the relatively universal GitHub-flavored Markdown?
depending on what you do there are large benefits, for me they are executable code blocks (i.e. jupyter like experience) and way better latex support (if you type equations that are more involved this is rather important).
Much better ToDo list system with calendar integration and notifications via mobile apps.
Do you happen to have more info on mobile integration? I can only find one or two apps which claim to support org-mode notes at all, so I'm interested. Kinda assumed it wasn't much of a thing, honestly.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.orgzly/
Org mode is great, particularly if you're already in the Emacs ecosystem because it can do a lot of stuff. Calendars, executable code blocks, spreadsheets, time tracking, org-roam for more ad-hoc notes and searching, capture templates for ingesting data...
I like org mode's markup format a lot better than markdown's. It's a bit easier to do complicated things with escaping and stuff, and it supports syntax highlighting for different languages in code blocks, and LaTeX markup and stuff (which it can even display inline if you want).
As far as I am concerned the only reason to use markdown is that more people are familiar with it and there's better support for it on certain platforms. These are certainly good enough reasons to use markdown, but in my experience if you're in the position to use org-mode it's just so much better.