I am honestly okay with development stalling, as I don't really have that many features I needed.

Except one: speed. Evernote is dog slow, whereas Apple Notes is fast. This is what killed my reason for subscribing to Evernote. Though it has far fewer features, I can press CMD+N and start jotting down my ideas/things I have to remember.

I have no objection to paying for good tools, but they are tools and must support me in what I am trying to accomplish.