This is a very solid alternative to Google’s keyboard, the only issue is that it’s not European.
Futo are apparently a somewhat shady company, so do your own research and if you don’t like ehat you find check out Heliboard, Florisboard or Fossify Keyboard (all on Fdroid) to name a few.
Oh. It’s that FUTO. I had the feeling the name rang a bell
Yep 😿
I read their explanation on being “source available” instead of open source, didn’t sound unreasonable to me. But I’ll do further research… In the meantime one of my bank apps doesn’t trust it either and refuses to open if that’s the keyboard being used.
This should be pinned somehow.
Interesting. I’ve been using AnySoftKeyboard. Gesture typing is a bit spotty but in general it’s ok
I get where people are coming from with Ban American, but it seems like open source should be an exception.
Sometimes.
Depending on whether free US software was made with privacy concerns in mind or not.
I ditched Swiftkey some months ago. I tried several foss keyboards but it led me to FUTO and I like it the most.
As with other FUTO services, FUTO Keyboard is source available, not open source.
Yep, I just read their explanation on that, doesn’t sound unreasonable to me…
Whether their reasons are reasonable or not, it’s not open source. FUTO minimizes the difference between the two, having originally sought to make their own definition of open source before qualifying it with the term ‘source first’ (i.e. source available).
A truly open alternative would be Heliboard: https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard
Is it even permissible to use lemmy with any other keyboard than thumb key?
The PrivaScore Project provides ratings for Keyboard Apps, and there are multiple options in the top tier.
