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I'm astonished people on this site use autocorrect at all. IMO it's a mind-bogglingy insane antifeature, even more insane than that weird "replace arithmetic ex

by RGamma 10mo ago

I'm astonished people on this site use autocorrect at all. IMO it's a mind-bogglingy insane antifeature, even more insane than that weird "replace arithmetic expressions with their result" thing Apple once did.

chatmasta 10mo ago
I tried turning it off once, and the alternative was way worse.
- RGamma 10mo ago
  It's worse because it keeps the text you intentionally entered? To be sure: I'm not talking about next word suggestions, only about it changing words after you already wrote them.
  - scotty79 10mo ago
    It's worse because touching the right spot on tiny screen with fat fingers is astonishingly hard.
    - RGamma 10mo ago
      Holding spacebar for corrections works fine though. Maybe my error rate is too low...
      - chatmasta 10mo ago
        See, I just learned this was a feature when I read your comment a few seconds ago. I’ve had an iPhone since the iPhone 4.