Have you tried fcitx with the Anthy plugin? I use that for Japanese.

https://github.com/fcitx5-android/fcitx5-android

Same. The UI is pretty good and modern, they support TOPT and cards as well and the development is being done at a good pace.

I used an app called Noice from F-Droid which has a lot of pleasant background noises (including white noises which I sometimes use while sleeping). One update, the author suddenly added internet permission, pulled out all the noise music files from the app and put them behind a server. Now it only works if you have an active internet connection OR you buy a premium.

Thankfully, I still have the last “good” version.

Do open an issue on GitHub for whatever you feel needs work. This project is being actively worked upon, I’ve seen stuff get implemented within a day even!

Have you tried this active fork of OpenBoard? The dev added support for multilingual typing months ago. This has Material You theme as well as glide typing (needs to be turned on manually).

Great list! One suggestion: Try Helium’s OpenBoard fork for keyboard. It has tons of features like full Material You theming, glide typing, multilingual language support as well as autocorrect and suggestion support. I’ve been waiting for autocorrect to be added in FlorisBoard for more than an year now.

Avoid the browser but I’ve been using their search on Firefox. Really like the AI summarizer and the results are also good.

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The Gallery is also the most feature-rich one in FOSS with even a video editor. Couldn’t find any other FOSS video editors out there.

That’s a video transcoder. Simple Gallery could crop videos, trim videos, merge them, add filters, text, music and what not. Good thing it’s forked by one of the devs who plans to maintain it.

It doesn’t have a video editor AFAIK. Any FOSS video editors around?

Frieren has been really good, my favourite this season.

Just don’t tell mom, I’ll do anything!

On iOS, unlike Android, Firefox doesn’t come with extensions. No ads are blocked. Even if I use Safari and Adguard extension, it doesn’t block YouTube ads. Brave works like a charm in this regard. I’ve opted out of all telemetry stuff that I could find, and btw even Firefox opts into everything by default. Any other open source browser you can suggest that blocks ads including YouTube on iOS?

Thanks to EU, you’ll be able to contact these people on WhatsApp without using WhatsApp.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/11/whatsapp-has-started-work-on-cross-platform-messaging-due-to-eu-regulation/

I sometimes play my PC games on the toilet… thanks to the Steam Deck 😅

Missed opportunity (2)

They need to noobify that prompt further, something like “Yes, break my system!”. Even Linus wouldn’t fall for that (I hope)!

Rookie numbers. Between Reddit, Twitter and Lemmy, I’m at 50+ right now.

Here’s why I bought the Phone (2):

1. Didn’t want to buy a Chinese smartphone because of privacy issues, shitty UI, bloatware, ads, update policies and the lack of any brand value really. I know Google isn’t any better but tackling a single devil is easier than two. OnePlus, RealMe, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola are out.

2. Pixel with GrapheneOS looks ideal but the G2 chip has some serious thermal efficiency issues leading to poorer battery life. I’ve seen my friend’s phone stop video recording due to overheating lol. Heat aside, it isn’t even powerful enough to beat the older 8+ Gen 1, let alone competing with Apple’s A-series chips. Plus, no 120Hz or LTPO.

3. Around this budget, you’ll get Samsung’s A73 not their flagship S-series. Apart from the plasticky back, a snapdragon 788 processor?! No 4k 60 fps recording? Ads and bloatware?! Sorry.

4. Went with Nothing because it checked all the right boxes for me. Good software, good build, good hardware, good update support, some party tricks. Degoogled it the old fashioned way. It’s something different and a head turner. They’ve really managed to create that brand value somehow in such a short time. I’ve had 3 people ask me to check my phone in just a week.