The only app I can’t live without. Except for gboard, all of my applications are Foss. There is no competition for gboard’s swipe typing, not to mention its many capabilities like as searching for gifs, stickers, being able to paste copied images, translating, and so on. I’d like to know how I can use gboard while maintaining my privacy. According to what I’ve heard, it sends all typing data to Google’s server. If you ask me, that’s a massive no-no. Do you have any suggestions?

    • Fox@pawb.socialEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been using it for a couple weeks, and it’s a lot slower than gboard. No swiping support, suggestions aren’t as refined, and basically impossible to use one handed.

      • CarterEnglish
        22·
        5 hours ago

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        • Fox@pawb.socialEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          The version I’m using (from f-droid repo) does not have swiping. You might have a fork? Someone mentioned that elsewhere in the comments, I was not aware it existed.

    • zettajon@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      For me, I use the clipboard a lot and having to hit that clipboard icon at the top right of the keyboard every time I want to paste something really adds up imo. I wish the last copied string would be in the suggested words bar like other keyboards.