Notion's Recent Redesign Makes Basic Task Lists Unnecessarily Complicated
A longtime Notion user finds the app has become cumbersome and overcomplicated since recent updates, to the point of needing a tutorial just to create a simple task list. The added complexity is severe enough that the user is abandoning the app entirely for an alternative.
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