• dustyData@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Why does every mobile keyboard developer have some controversial shit? I just want to text in peace.

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        11 hours ago

        The only thing I dislike of heliboard is their swipe function requires Google binaries. Most FOSS keyboards either lack some feature I use or are immersed in wild controversies.

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          10 hours ago

          And the implementation is nowhere as good as gboard.

          Futo’s keyboard isn’t much better for slide to type. I find myself switching keyboards back to gboard when I’m not using voice to text or two thumbs.

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          7 hours ago

          Just use wireguard and block all connections that aren’t going over VPN. Ezpz

          Also if you’re on a stock device then you’re already feeding them plenty of data

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            5 hours ago

            Using a VPN does absolutely nothing to protect from their apps scraping up and phoning home telemetry.

            It’s still YOUR phone. It’s still YOUR GPS location. It’s still YOUR data connection. A VPN is not a catch-all solution to privacy.

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              5 hours ago

              VPN to your box somewhere else with proper filtering.

              I figured that was obvious