#the original version of swype that came out over a decade ago was more accurate than most keyboards now

[asleepinawell]

my phone keyboard app, swype, which was abandoned by the people who made it in 2018, finally stopped being compatible with new android os updates leaving me to scramble to find a new one and it is astonishing how bad every single alternative is by comparison. this app which hasn't been updated for six years was still so much more precise and accurate, had an actual fucking tab key, a better way to do punctuation, the ability to easily add words to the dictionary (like...c'mon guys), didn't flip back and forth on whether or not to add spaces after words, didn't plug my data into some AI, and actually had completely normal and harmless words like 'sex' in its default dictionary (C'MON GUYS). all of these are issues I've seen with other keyboards I've tried and most of the recommended ones I've looked up are now gone. as someone who writes almost exclusively on my phone, this fucking blows