They seem to give you the 'premium' pack, even if you were only a trial user.
Swiftkey Keyboard Android is now free
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#12Isn't the same thing already available on stock Android? I don't use it because I find it pretty inconvenient, but every time I swipe on the keys it appears.
Well, not exactely. When you try stock Android keyboard and then switch to Swiftkey, you realize that Swiftkey is intelligent. Stock keyboard becomes... hmm, ok, at best.
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#13Isn't the same thing already available on stock Android? I don't use it because I find it pretty inconvenient, but every time I swipe on the keys it appears.
The stock android one is pretty poor compared to Swype.
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#14Desperation as Fleksy slowly begins to destroy them
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#15So how will they make money now? By selling people's data?
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#16I can now give my data away for free instead of paying. Woo hoo. :)
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#17I have tried many different Android keyboards: Old and new stock ones, swype, ultimate, tons of non-qwerty ones; but I always end up coming back to Swift. It's just the only one that is Precise and Aggressive enough to support really fast typing. Good luck to them now, on iPhone!
Same for me. Especially because I could never find a competing keyboard that handles multiple languages so well. Only minuum (http://minuum.com/) could be an alternative for me since it is great to have more screen space.
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#18I can now give my data away for free instead of paying. Woo hoo. :)
No "cloud-enabled" app without snarky comments about data sharing. Sigh. I personally like the dictionary sync across devices. Especially because I use SwiftKey for German which always suffers from terrible dictionary coverage. But what stops you from disabling all online features?
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#19So how will they make money now? By selling people's data?
Well you can purchase in-app themes now, so I guess that's what they're banking on.
Sorry but I have to throw a [citation needed] on your comment to stop the spread of FUD.
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#20I just wish I could remove their branded button from keyboard.
I kind of like it because I hide the app from my app drawer and it's an easy way to get to the settings. To each their own though.