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Finally dumped SwiftKey after being served with an ad for OneDrive inside the fucking keyboard itself. I'm still pissed they sold-out to Microsoft. (Been using it since long before that acquisition)

Now I need something to replace it, but I've not explored other options much.

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[โ€“] Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca 1 points 47 minutes ago

This is really trippy, just today I also got pissed at Swiftkey for the onedrive bs. I've just installed HeliBoard after many recommendations I on other threads.

So far it works really well but took me some time to set up how I like it. I'm getting used to having 0 typing data though and it not autocorrecting my awful typing so I have to type out slower and more back tracking to fix my fat thumbs pressing the wrong letters.

[โ€“] snowydroopz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago
[โ€“] toomuchrdio@retrolemmy.com 6 points 2 hours ago

HeliBoard free and open source

[โ€“] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

well, GBoard is definitely the best,

but I use heliboard because it's open source.

[โ€“] mendaciousmammaries@piefed.ca 1 points 2 minutes ago

Heliboard is excellent

[โ€“] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

+1 for heliboard.

GBoard has good recognition, but I'd rather my keyboard didn't just siphon off whatever I type.

[โ€“] overcast@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

this. HeliBoard is quite good, it even has theming options to make it cute if you want to

[โ€“] guillem@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

I like Unexpected from the F-Droid store but takes a little bit to get used to it.