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  • It’s one of those apps where you can’t go by the reviews.

    Basically they changed the interface quite a bit recently and so old customers got upset. But I use the app daily and they are seriously improving it to the point that I’m relying less and less on Google Maps. They keep adding more and more business details to the app.

    If we were having this conversation a few months ago I would have said something different, so really the Improvements have been noticeable lately. I recommend that you give it a go for a couple of days at least and see how it serves you.






  • Pirata@lemm.eetoLinux@lemmy.mlLaptop for Linux
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    2 days ago

    I 100% agree. Whenever these companies start with their own projects I immediately get suspicious that their goal is to enshittify down the line with vendor lock-in.

    The only reasons why I’m seriously considering a Tuxedo are 1. European brand and 2. Double SSD.

    Not a lot of laptops seem to be offering double SSD while being Linux compatible, so my hands are kinda tied.







  • Good alternative? Hum, I’ll have to disagree with you there.

    Firstly, Heliboard it is closer to Gboard than to FUTO, which is closer to Swiftkey. Its actually the reason why I went with FUTO, I need that split keyboard.

    Secondly, prediction on Heliboard is just not there. Like, at all. It was absolutely maddening to use, it would predict completely unrelated words even when using custom libraries.

    And it actually got worse over time because it started saving nonsense words like “GRT” or “hafe” directly onto my personal dictionary. At one point all I would get was nonsense word after nonsense word. I had to abandon it, it was borderline unusable after a certain point.

    Like the commenter above, I too want to sponsor FOSS projects as much as possible, but the offers simply aren’t quite there yet.