Err so. While I’ve been meaning to give money to #MessageEase for years of use, I very much dislike being forced into a subscription. Just a reminder that it is not Libre Software, and that it’s not under my control and can be taken from me on someone else’s whim. Particularly for something as important as my main input method.

I’ll give a go to the Pro app, and see what the subscription looks like, but it feels like it’s time to reevaluate @thumbkey , I guess.

  • @Xatix@lemmy.world
    5•5 months ago

    Yet another subscription service for something that really doesn’t have to be a subscription. Thats why I rather donate twice as much to FOSS devs than supporting this system of fixed costs every months.

  • Marc
    3•5 months ago

    @shtrom @thumbkey it’s even more annoying when you consider that it hasn’t been mantained for years. Now the devs remembered that it exists and decided to charge money for it.

    Thumbkey looks promising, but I miss being able to customise the keyboards with whatever symbols I wanted to add.

    • Ook the Librarian
      3•5 months ago

      Long pressing to access the number layer was nice in MessagEase. That feature doesn’t look available on ThumbKey.

      I think I’ll just bite the bullet and switch to thumbkey now. I’m not willing to subscribe to inputting.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
      1•5 months ago

      I miss being able to customise the keyboards with whatever symbols I wanted to add.

      Yeah, that’s my main gripe; my ticket request to add interrobang to one of the several open swipe spots was rejected, as was someone else’s request for customizable slots. Negative interest by the dev in even accepting a PR. The proposed solution, adding yet another layout simply to add a wingle symble, baffles me. Is noone else overwhelmed by the profusion of layouts? Or the frustration of wanting one small thing from one layout, and another small thing from another, and having to choose or constantly switch between them? Such a bizzare stance.

      However, despite this, ThumbKey is actively developed, and probably still tye best OSS keyboard available. And it’s free, so I try to not grumble too much. Decisions like the ones above do have an impact on my willingness to financially support the project, though.

    • DessalinesM
      1•5 months ago

      I emailed them for years asking them about source code and got nothing back. Kinda why I built this.

  • Morton Fox
    2•5 months ago

    I’ve had thumb key installed on my phone for quite a while but didn’t switch because it was missing some of messagease’s features. Maybe this subscription nonsense will be the push I need to make a permanent switch.