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I believe "Sherlocked" is the term used.
TIL.
Alternatively, Apple prevented people from wasting their money on a feature that was about to be built into the OS.
iBooks was also a rip-off, let us kill the nice work of a developer.
I don't like Apple, but come on. Reading documents is what computers have historically proven best at, and a keyboard is a pretty logical extension of any given electronic device. Would sure save everyone a lot of time if these things were built in.
Wouldn’t it have been easier to have just acquired the keyboard app?
> In one blatant example, Eleftheriou said he was approached by Apple’s head of mobile keyboard technology, Randy Marsden. The latter (who created the Swype keyboard) wanted to buy FlickType to add a native QWERTY for the Apple Watch and improve typing on the device. When Eleftheriou rejected Apple, it refused to remove copycat and scam apps from the App Store. I think he lost his chance. https://hitechglitz.com/the-…
Alternatively, Apple prevented people from wasting their money on a feature that was about to be built into the OS.
I believe "Sherlocked" is the term used.
Sherlock was never blocked. Just cloned. Edit: Watson was name. See child comment.
Sherlock was the Apple tool that (in version 3) took heavy inspiration from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia_Watson.
Allegedly etc etc.
I don't think this is a very popular take, but swipe keyboards are extremely common right now; I don't believe Apple had an ulterior motive here.