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?

  • @FuryMaker
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    611 days ago

    I went with FUTO Keyboard. It’s the only keyboard that ticks all my boxes to replace GBoard so far.

    I wish the swiping predictions were a bit better though.

      • Treeniks
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        It is not. FUTO calls it “source first” which just means “open source but with rules against bad actors”. Certainly far from proprietary.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          511 days ago

          If the license doesn’t meet the OSD and does not protect four freedoms, then it is not open-source.

            • Captain Beyond
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              FUTO changing the definition of open source to suit their business model is like that time US Congress decided that pizza was a vegetable because it has tomato sauce.

              FUTO’s EULA may superficially resemble a true free software license (and may be good enough for you, personally) but it fundamentally undermines core tenets of the free software movement in order to preserve their business interests. All pseudo-FOSS licenses (whether of the “ethical” or the “business” variety) do this, because they prioritize the interests of the rightsholder above those of the community and the user. If important free software projects like Linux and Firefox were released under this license the free software world as we know it would not be possible.

              As proprietary licenses go, it’s certainly far from the worst.

              • @THEWIZARD
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                That was silly yeah because a Tomato is a fruit not a vegetable lol

            • @[email protected]OP
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              Jokes aside, I find that attitude not very healthy.

              Calling a source-available license “not proprietary”, this is what not very healthy.

              “Source-first” or “fair code” are just a fancy ways to say “proprietary”.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 days ago

      Does the futo keyboard allow you to paste content yet?

      I briefly used it but found the lack of content pasting too much of a hindrabce.

      • @FuryMaker
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        211 days ago

        Has options for pasting, and even a clipboard history feature? Although have not enabled that or tested it.

        • @[email protected]
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          211 days ago

          By pasting content, I meant pasting images. I’ve just checked it and it doesn’t do it yet. I often will take a screenshot but only copy the image because saving it pointless.