CloudKit - Will Obsidian ever support it or is there a way for me to do it myself?

Use case or problem

CloudKit allows for a more streamlined and E2EE’d (if Advanced Data Protection is on) solution for syncing in Apple’s ecosystem. It would be awesome if Obsidian supported CloudKit and would likely fix some of the syncing issues that people experience when using iCloud Drive.

Proposed solution

If Obsidian used CloudKit it could improve syncing performance between Apple devices. Or does anyone know if there is a way to enable this on my own?

Current workaround (optional)

Enable “Keep Downloaded” on iOS 18, iPadOS 18, MacOS Sequoia. This seems to help but issues may still persist for larger vaults. Or pay for Obsidian Sync, this is probably the best option but it is a subscription which may not work for some (including myself, at least currently)…

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