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		lysace 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or... This comment explains why: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1l2gg3r/thirdparty_ios... tl;dr: gatekeeping by Apple. Yes, it would probably be embarassing to Apple if someone built a way better touch keyboard.

Someone1234 25 days ago [–]

That definitely explains SOME of why SwiftKey is worse on iOS, but it doesn't explain much of it. It just seems like Microsoft never got it to feature parity.

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