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Apple is getting on my nerves
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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2025
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Honestly not a great example. There are countless cases where iOS is designed such that a feature or process works in a specific way, and if that doesn't work for you, then you're the problem. Especially with customization. Extremely basic Android stuff like widgets, a homescreen you can rearrange, and alternative keyboards took over a decade to be finally adopted by Apple. Swiping still isn't a thing AFAIK.
Swiping is available by default since iOS13 in 2019 https://www.idropnews.com/news/how-to-use-the-new-slide-to-type-keyboard-in-ios-13-and-ipados/109967
If I am the problem, the solution is not using iOS.
What is swiping?
Dragging your finger across the keyboard instead of typing. It's a lot faster.
It was popularized by third-party Android keyboards like Swype and SwiftKey about a decade ago, and has been integrated into the default keyboards for many years now.
It has been around on iOS for quite some time
Ah, good to know. Anyway, such simple qol improvements take years to arrive on iOS, and the core issue is that you're not given any choice in Apple's walled garden until they bequeath them upon you in exactly the way they see fit.
It is improving and android is degrading. I don't know where we are heading, hopefully to linux phones.
If Android is degrading, it's mostly in ways that Google is trying to become Apple. Walled garden philosophy, closed source base image, pushing subscriptions, removing niche but critical options, prioritizing sleek design over customization and functionality...