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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    2 months 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.

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        2 months 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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      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.

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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.

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            2 months ago

            It is not open source, because it does not meet the definition of open source.

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            2 months ago

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

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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.

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                2 months ago

                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”.

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        2 months 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.

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

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            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.