Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative?
Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative?
Basically, what the title says. Do you use any app, that is proprietary, but either has no OSS alternatives or they're all not good enough? If there is an alternative, what keeps you from switching?
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OpenCamera is good, but could do better. But I'd say video editing is the biggest void.
Also, gesture typing keyboards are an empty niche of foss alternatives. HelioBoard requires loading some proprietary blob unfortunately.
I guess the most heavy machine learning use cases are not filled in.
9 0 ReplyAlso, gesture typing keyboards are an empty niche of foss alternatives. HelioBoard requires loading some proprietary blob unfortunately.
FlorisBoard is on the way to implement swype-typing. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to be very soon.
3 0 Replywasn't the last update 2 years ago?
1 0 ReplyLatest release candidate was released a few days ago.
2 0 Replyoh, that's nice!
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For gesture typing I use AnySoftKeyboard and it's quite ok. It has a lot of options that make it very convenient for me, despite it's reputation.
2 0 ReplyThe FUTO keyboard has swipe tying, but it's not as fluid imo
1 1 Replyisn't this one proprietary?
3 0 ReplyYou're right, it's some FUTO license and has some limitations that make it not FOSS.
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