Today one of the kids asked me about a good keyboard alternative for iOS because they want to have custom graphics. And they also complain about the thing overheating all the time.

And that opened a window to have the conversation about open source vs big tech, privacy, data mining, proper ram usage, …the whole thing.

Haven’t particularly dived into this topic so I’m looking for a good opensource keyboard that has some graphical options and isn’t hogging all the memory or sending all the keystrokes to weird and evil people. Any suggestions?

  • tyler@programming.dev
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    18 hours ago

    Instead of using a custom keyboard you can just add keyboards like GIF Keyboard, but never actually open them. Instead you click the plus button and choose GIF Keyboard when you want to add a GIF, no need to use a custom keyboard.

    This probably works with a lot of things

    • djsaskdja@reddthat.com
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      8 hours ago

      I just go to Tenor’s website on the web, search for the gif I want, and copy and paste it. I found the keyboard switching UI too clunky.