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Hi friends. My quest to remove Google products from my life continues.

I've always been very fearful of swapping keyboard apps. I can think of no better way to track someone than to bug their keyboard. How can I trust any keyboard software, really? My wishlist:

  • Something that addresses my privacy concerns
  • Supports both english and portuguese dictionaries at the same time
  • Has a dark theme
  • Is available on some sort of store, so I don't have to download APKs for every single update

Thanks!

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[–] mogul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Holy crap do I feel left out. I've been using SwiftKey since before M$ purchased it and since then it has gotten better (except that stupid Bing hub AI BS). I think I've been using SwiftKey for like 9 years now.

[–] bolanrox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Swift key is honestly the best one I have used. Plus now I found the adaptive theme

[–] mogul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't even know it had an adaptive theme! Now I gotta look for it and give it a try.

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. I use it on all my devices and I am so used to it, that I can't use another keyboard. Also, for me autocorrect on SwiftKey is way better than on gboard.

[–] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also same. Sometimes it decides typos are things that I want in my custom dictionary and will start replacing real words with gibberish, and then I have the same dilemma as OP, trying out a ton of different keyboards before eventually reverting to a clean install of SwiftKey.

Weird typo corrections and MS ownership aside, I really like how SwiftKey works and struggle to use anything else.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

You can just long press on the gibberish and it won't suggest it again.

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

Talking about autocorrect weirdnesses, my keyboard (SwiftKey) seems to have a strange fascination with apostrophe s. Whenever I type a plural version of a word which is ending in s, it will autocorrect to apostrophe s!

[–] tiita@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Love SwiftKey. this is the way.

[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bing AI rocks! It's so cool how it works with SwiftKey to make typing easier and faster. I love how it can suggest words, emojis, and even GIFs based on what I'm writing. It also helps me with spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Bing AI is like a smart friend who always knows what to say.

[–] mogul@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like Bing AI wrote this 😂

[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It did, I wanted to see if anyone would catch on 😄

[–] mogul@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago