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Re:Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry? by vincentmarle on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:11AM (#28522951)
> autocorrect has started to be extremely aggressive and frequently very wrong

First thing I do when setting up a new phone is turning off auto correct and auto capitalization. Yes, I still make mistakes, but I prefer becoming quite handy at using my backspace button than having to fight the auto correct all damn time.

Re:Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry? by winternett on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @10:42AM (#28525571)
Thank goodness it is not just me noticing that spell check and typing functionality is degrading!

I have also noticed that touch sensitivity has increased and decreased based on which app I am using. I used to never click on ads on Twitter, but now mistake clicks happen frequently (as an example).

I miss the BlackBerry days a lot, security and trustworthiness with the company was paramount as well and now that's all a fond memory... People laughed at the demise of the company's dominance, but I knew way back then that it was a key aspect of reliability that died with the company... sniff

I still have my old 3g Blackberry touch screen model, if things keep going bad I may try to get it reactivated (if that's even possible) and then grow a beard and move up to a log cabin in the mountains. :P

Re:Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry? by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:21PM (#28532872)
> I have also noticed that touch sensitivity has increased and decreased based on which app I am using.

...no way, really?! Could any iOS developers chime in on whether their are actually ways for apps to control this?

Re:Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry? by guenthert on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:00PM (#28527598)
Autocorrect is an awful feature. Humans can easily determine from context which word was meant, if a letter or two are wrong. If autocorrect picks the wrong word, as it all too often does, the meaning is lost. Instead of a lousy typist, you come across as insane.
Re:Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry? by smcl on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:37AM (#28523163)
Yeah for all my complaining, autocorrect is still just about a net benefit but it’s MUCH less than it once was.
Re:Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry? by rubyfan on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @08:29AM (#28523702)
it’s funny how when it doesn’t work the negative feels is perhaps much stronger than the positive feeling when it works correctly
Re:Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry? by hulitu on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:29AM (#28538204)
Autocorrect always picks the wrong word on android.