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If you have the app installed I would suggest turning off auto-update from the store so that you can keep the keyboard as-is before Microsoft starts meddling with it.

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Eh. Microsoft hasn't really messed up the previous Android apps they have bought. I feel people have more issues with all data going to Microsoft now.

They've made it clear they want to be a viable presence on Android. Ruining an app like SwiftKey isn't in their best interest. But hating on Microsoft is still popular for some people.

DAE M$?

Yea I'm an irrational "hater". I'll just leave this here http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/10/microsoft-announces-plans...

You never know what these giant companies will do. But whatever, it was just a suggestion. I don't care if you install the new Microsoft Swiftkey updates.

That's not really evidence of your rationality, if that's what you were hoping to prove.

i thought MSFT was merging in Sunrise features into Outlook, which I find to be terrific on iOS for mail and calendar

Yeah the forced Windows 10 adoption despite being a bag of dicks plus added telemetry practices with dark patterns make them a very well suited buyer for an app which can collect all typed data on your smartphone.

I just did the same, but the problem is that (I only suspect here without research) the keyboard calls home every so often so your data isn't yours anymore.

I am now searching for a new keyboard...

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