Re:Google Fights Back
by amf12 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @03:15PM
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iPhone has the Google keyboard in the app store. I use Swype keyboard though.
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I know and use it. But it's much less precise than its Android counterpart due to Apple not giving it the exact touch sensor readings. As a result, it's not that good. :(
On iOS, 3rd party keyboards block access to the voice typing function which is a dealbreaker for me. At least on my iPhone SE, it takes so long to switch between a 3rd party keyboard and the iOS keyboard to use voice typing that it's too painful to be worth it.
Re:Google Fights Back
by chess_buster on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @06:14PM
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On iPhone X it is still there.
Does it upload everything you type to Google? "For your convenience" and "to improve our services", of course. It'd be ironic to switch to iPhone for privacy but keylog yourself in the process.
No, it doesn't. Third party keyboards have two levels of access and they come pre-installed with the much more limited one (no access to internet whatsoever, no matter if you're on WiFi or 3G/4G).
Doesn't stop Google's keyboard to periodically pester you to give it full access "to get the full experience" (or something along the lines) but if you don't, it will never get or send a single byte to Google's servers.
Trust me, I researched. I too didn't want the huge irony you mentioned to hit me. And it doesn't.