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Text editing on a phone is so god damn fucking bad, I've contemplated ditching smartphones for flip phones.

I'm glad to see someone else acknowledge this. I get "ok boomer" responses, or people looking at me like I'm growing a second face on my ass. Reactions are even worse than when you mention how shitty Word is as a text editor or word processor.

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Text editing is dismal, in general.

Structural editing in Lisps is a great convenience -- you manipulate expressions rather than characters.

Schemoid for Android is an admirable example.

Autocompletion based on my previous behaviors would be great, too: If I just googled “The Shining” in Android Chrome then open the Netflix app, Android should know to autofill the Netflix search bar with the completion (and select it, for easy deletion).

I got that a lot as well, people claiming that kids were writing entire papers on their phone, therefore it must be fine. Just because some people can run a marathon, doesn't mean everyone does.

People make do with all sorts of things -- until someone invents the alternative!

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