honestly I think because they're all forced to live on the devices they develop they simply haven't had a need to be exposed to competitors and assume no one el

honestly I think because they're all forced to live on the devices they develop they simply haven't had a need to be exposed to competitors and assume no one else has solved the problem to a high degree of satisfaction. When I worked there folks thought I was crazy for wanting to keep my android device around even when I just used it for email and browsing. Android keyboard was a magically intelligent thing with all sorts of forward and backward typo clustering and tries all working in concert in this very smooth operation that could get itself out of a deep typo run and come out very correct. The android keyboard seemed to be aware of key proximity in 2D space on the keyboard, dictionary words, words I frequently typed, words I frequently blunder on, words that pair frequently with each other, etc etc. The sheer number of dimensions the android keyboard considers is impressive, iOS keyboard feels like a simpleton by comparison.