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submitted 2 months ago by JustMarkov@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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[-] superkret@feddit.org 21 points 1 month ago

A keyboard with swipe typing, multilingual autocorrect and speech to text support that actually works.

Other than that, my only proprietary apps are from commercial services I use and pay for (banking, Spotify, Carsharing and public transport). I'd love for them to become open source, but it's probably not ever gonna happen, cause they rely on verifying my identity.

[-] Blaiz0r@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

I've had a good experience with HeliBoard

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

X2. I don't like it, but I still use that libswype Google blob to get swipe-writing. I wish they could produce their own in the future.

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