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0 pointsmath-dev4y ago0 comments

I thought Apple had a patent on this technology, interesting to see others do it

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Apple was extremely late to the boat and it was one of first high profile features people said was blatantly copied from Android which had Swype and Swift Key for years

airstrike4y ago

Exactly. Importantly, SwiftKey was acquired by Microsoft after first being released as a standalone app following a couple rounds of VC funding.

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0 pointsmath-dev4y ago0 comments

I thought Apple had a patent on this technology, interesting to see others do it

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Larrikin4y ago

Apple was extremely late to the boat and it was one of first high profile features people said was blatantly copied from Android which had Swype and Swift Key for years

airstrike4y ago

Exactly. Importantly, SwiftKey was acquired by Microsoft after first being released as a standalone app following a couple rounds of VC funding.

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