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MessagEase going subscription based (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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MessagEase subscription popup

This popped up today on my phone when casually tapped on a text field. As a long ass time MessagEase user this makes me sad. Even though it has its issues, it's also been pretty much unbeatable when you need to type text on Android without looking using only one thumb. Looks like MessagEase Pro subscription fee is 1,09€/month. Not that much but no thanks. Enshittification spreads. As a FLOSS enthusiast I've always dreaded this sort of thing when using "free" proprietary products.

Anyhow, do I have to go back to Gboard or are there any free/oss alternatives around to replace MessagEase with?

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[–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Actually I just found out about thumb-key that seems to fit the bill perfectly. In theory at least.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Made by one of the people who made Lemmy btw ;)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Definitely not a con! Now testing thumb-key and it seems quite promising. Just need to get a Finnish layout (or umlauts) going...

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ok, I think this has some way to go still. Compared to MessagEase quite a bit of features are missing (the combine button which gives instant access to a whole lot of special characters, many settings, also do I have to press # to access numbers, etc). That said, I'll keep this installed and hopefully contribute to its development if I can.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    i somehownever learned about these keyboards, and losing what speed i did have to relearn is kind of a pain.

    BUT I AM TRYING

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Give it time. You get used to it. Eventually, you will probably type more accurately than you did before. A qwerty or any full keyboard like that does not belong on a small screen. :-)

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