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Re: Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape

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On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:53:25 -0700
Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > But this chink of hope was soon stopped shut after the fruity firm said
> > it would be bundling its own free typing gizmo Quicktype with iOS8. So
> > even though Swiftkey would be able to flog its wares on the app store,
> > Apple will be offering a very similar service totally free of
> > charge.//--clip
> > 
> > Shitty move, Apple, shitty move.
> 
> Is it the same exact thing here or are they different?  Apple bundles a 
> text editor with iOS too, but this hasn't stopped many companies from 
> offering their own.  Ditto PDF readers.


To me, they seem like the same thing.  Text editors, PDF readers are
applications some will use and some will not, whereas a keyboard
mechanism is essential.  It seems Swiftkey is doomed since Apple is
offering essentially the same functionality via their own code, which
comes pre-installed.  Why bother to download/pay for Swiftkey?  To me,
that's like IE coming pre-installed on Win95: why bother
downloading/buying a different browser?  

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Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-19 13:00 +0000
  Re: Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-19 11:53 -0700
    Re: Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-20 09:32 +0000
      Re: Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-20 09:52 +0000
      Re: Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-06-21 02:06 +0100
      Re: Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-06-21 14:23 +0300
    Re: Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape "voyager529" <voyager529@live.com> - 2015-03-27 12:12 -0400

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