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Apple does to Swiftkey what Microsoft did to Netscape

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/11/swiftkey_were_not_afraid_of_the_big_bad_apple/

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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. 
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Shitty move, Apple, shitty move.

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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>

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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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