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Struggling to spell ‘male chauvinist pig’? Apple’s grey list means your iPhone won’t help you
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2026
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In case you didn’t read, this is for swiping. If you type the example listed “United Ireland” that is okay. Try swiping that same thing and you are autocorrected to United Iceland.
I don’t know anyone that swipes.
Hi, me, I do a lot of swipe input. On Android, though.
I guess I'm weird but I can't imaging not swiping. How did it not win out as the default input method?
Not weird. I think it must be a specific age group that tap-types faster than they swipe.
Yeah, I don't have patience to type if it's not a real keyboard. Swiping is what I've done for years on my Android phones.
I swipe. Everyone I know swipes. When I used an iPhone, swipe was the sole reason I installed Gboard. I think you might have to be of a very specific age to be able to tap-type as fast as you can swipe.
But also, I injure my thumb (dry skin, it cracks) often enough that I can't use that for my primary input method. Not being ancient yet, I can't imagine tap-typing with just my forefinger.