Post #1130201
2026-04-07 07:12 UTC
I kinda have a niche/weird view on keyboards; I use the default aosp keyboard firewalled for no internet access and with spell check turned off. I find it annoying when it changes what I say, and if Idk how to spell something I look it up and try to remember it for next time. I have typos here and there but mostly I don't mind and I feel it makes me more deliberate in my use of language.
There are also plenty of open source and generally privacy-respecting keyboards on FDroid like Urik keyboard, so no compromise is needed imo
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@sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-07 07:20
Fair enough. I've been on the goosechase through different privacy focused boards for a couple years. All of them have issues with substituting words in ways that don't make sense because they're not hooked up to the privacy-nightmare that is datasets that most common products use for predictive text. Your take still helps me gauge what privacy minded folk consider is or isn't acceptable risk though so thank you for sharing