Ownership of open source flashcard app Anki transferred to for-profit AnkiHub

Re:Ownership of open source flashcard app Anki transferred t... by hermanzegerman on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @05:20AM (#46883984)

Every university student in the Western world has access to a Computer, and those who are poor usually have an Android Phone (with free AnkiDroid) and not a very expensive iPhone. If they can afford an iPhone they can afford the App

I think this "problem" is somewhat made up

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Re:Ownership of open source flashcard app Anki transferred t... by divan on Thursday February 05, 2026 @06:11AM (#46898418)

Well, I don't want to sound patronizing, but the world is so much bigger than your notion of "Western world" where every student with iPhone has computer.

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Re:Ownership of open source flashcard app Anki transferred t... by Larrikin on Friday February 06, 2026 @12:47PM (#46915876)

You are patronizing. Every student with an iPhone has access to a computer even if it isn't their own. If they are so poor that none of their facilities have one then they have a cheap Android.

This fictional person you describe also has access to the web and Anki on there.

Anki is not a very useful tool if you are not making or editing your own decks or a teacher is for you. This is an incredibly painful experience on mobile.

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Re:Ownership of open source flashcard app Anki transferred t... by hermanzegerman on Friday February 06, 2026 @06:29PM (#46919604)

Well I have a friend who manages his entire self written 10.000 Card collection entirely on an Samsung Tab with AnkiDroid.

I would agree with you, but he doesn't seem to mind

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Re:Ownership of open source flashcard app Anki transferred t... by divan on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @10:01AM (#46975803)

> Every student with an iPhone has access to a computer even if it isn't their own

This is simply not true.

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