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Re: Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape

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On 2014-06-19 13:00:08 +0000, RS Wood said:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/11/swiftkey_were_not_afraid_of_the_big_bad_apple/ 
> 
> 
> //--clip
> The British creators of a smart-typing app called SwiftKey have denied
> the decision to give it away for free was inspired by Apple's
> announcement of its own keyboard software.
> 
> London-based SwiftKey has cut the cost of its app from £1.49 to
> nothing, relying on a freemium model to help bring home the bacon.
> 
> Apple recently threw developers like SwiftKey a bone, announcing it
> would allow the sale of keyboard programmes through the app store. This
> looked like a great development for the London firm, which currently
> only sells its app for Android.
> 
> 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.

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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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