Thanks for thinking through this. If you havenāt read it, I hope you can read my reply on this: Roam Research, new web-based outliner that supports transclusion & wiki features - thoughts?
Basically, weāll consider all the features that make sense to Dynalist and not try to imitate Roam Research. The points you mentioned seem to be in the direction of imitating Roam Research in Dynalist (somewhat awkwardly because Dynalist wasnāt built exactly for this), but Dynalist is a outliner first and foremost.
Having to think about where to put new notes is an overhead, yes, but it can also bring value. It allows you to find the content even if youāve forgotten all the keywords ā if you follow the hierarchy, you should find it. If you take flat notes (just one line after the other, in the most extreme case) and link them together with tags and internal links, itās less work but less organized.
I understand that peopleās habits change all the time. If you want less organization and more loose links, Roam Research might be a better match for you. Unfortunately as much as we try to, we canāt satisfy everyone, especially when peopleās needs and habits change from time to time.
Itās hard to say no, but in this case weāll have to take a stand so we can focus on building the best outliner like we originally set out to do. The new tools are always shiny, but we donāt want to forget what we started Dynalsit for
I hope thatās understandable! Thanks again for taking the time to think through this and write it up.