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FUTO: Keyboards Shouldn't Connect to the Internet
- ForHackernews 11mo agoI've switched to FUTO keyboard away from Microsoft's SwiftKey recently rebranded as an "AI Keyboard". So far, so good. It does what it says on the tin. The swipe-to-type isn't as good as SwiftKey or Swype (RIP) but it's good enough for daily use.
- MrDrMcCoy 11mo agoI'm on HeliBoard, which can use the Swype library and has instructions for obtaining it. It's not prefect, but it's the most accurate for glide typing I've seen. It's the same library that powers Gboard glide typing, so it's pretty good.
- ForHackernews 11mo agoI might try that, but at at a glance it seems...suboptimal. > Glide typing (only with closed source library ) > library not included in the app, as there is no compatible open source library available > can be extracted from GApps packages ("swypelibs"), or downloaded here (click on the file and then "raw" or the tiny download button)
- MrDrMcCoy 11mo agoThe setup admittedly sucks, but the swypelibs make up for it.
- TheCleric 11mo agoHope this becomes available on iOS.
- bitwize 11mo agoReminder that FUTO is a dishonest, fascist-linked organization: https://drewdevault.com/2025/10/22/2025-10-22-Whats-up-with-FUTO.html https://drewdevault.com/2025/10/22/2025-10-22-Whats-up-with-...
- ForHackernews 11mo agoRelative to Google or Microsoft?
- novemp 11mo agoBecause those are the only alternatives?
- ForHackernews 11mo agoI think they kind of are if you want swipe features? Are there any FLOSS apps besides FUTO that have that? For what it's worth, I don't require that the friends of the author of my keyboard software share my political values. We live in a morally compromised world and I use software every day written by organizations doing evil.
- DoctorOW 11mo agoFirst, FUTO doesn't produce FLOSS. The key difference though, is that Google and Microsoft are doing evil for the end goal of more money whereas FUTO appears to be using all money and influence specifically in service of fascism. Can I pick a phone made with 100% ethical hardware and software? No, probably not. Can I avoid a brand actively trying to make everything for its own sake? Absolutely.
- ForHackernews 11mo ago> whereas FUTO appears to be using all money and influence specifically in service of fascism This seems like a wild mischaracterization of donating money to free software projects? https://futo.org/grants/ https://futo.org/grants/ but maybe I don't have the same ideological commitments that you do.
- DoctorOW 11mo agoThis response is not indicative of thorough reading of what was shared thus far. I really do not think you could have read the article listed above and think the "grants" are new information.
- 1970-01-01 11mo agoOh the OSK, not the clicky clacky version.
- daks12 11mo ago161Mb?! Thanks, but no.
- Saris 11mo agoI'd assume a lot of the size is the auto correct data