extremeboredom

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

I'm trying to imagine voluntarily buying a device that all but prohibits you from choosing the software you run on it. A limit of 2-3 apps, which have to be re-signed weekly by a desktop server, to me that doesn't count as "supporting sideloading." Maybe technically. What a joke.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

"Look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power!" -Android users

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Wait... You can sideload on ios? Since when?

[–] [email protected] 122 points 5 days ago

Yep! The police, being fascists, HATE this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure I hugged it to death with the post. Was working fine for the last couple of days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ok cool, but I'll still support this initiative, because as FUTO states, a keyboard should not connect to the internet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You're missing the whole anonymization layer they've implemented here. If actual typing data is used, the app can't guarantee user control of the data after opt-in. The data they're using here is not private user typing data to begin with.

I'd recommend listening to Louis Rossman's talks on the subject.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Data is data! You're a use case, regardless of swipe ability.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

The entire point of the keyboard is that it's not built in. The philosophy behind the organization making it says that it shouldn't be built in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

No noticeable difference.

 

If you use the privacy respecting Gboard alternative called FUTO keyboard, you've probably noticed that the built in swipe typing is HOT GARBAGE. (Typing this currently with two thumbs for this exact reason.)

Most keyboards improve their swipe algorithms by simply spying on you and logging your typing data. FUTO isn't about that, so they have built a simple webpage based typing game that you can use to improve their system in an ethical and voluntary manner! Just swipe the website's keyboard to type a provided sentence.

I love this, they can crowdsource the improvement without invading privacy!

Share with any relevant communities you're a part of. The more data, the better this gets.

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