Other tech alternatives

Alternatives to: Various

These are very hard to get away from. However, since both Mastercard and Visa have been selling our purchasing data (anonymised and in aggregate) to the RTB system since 2014, it is worth trying!

App name	Alternative to	Open Source	Structure; Business model	Features	Country of origin	Link
FUTO keyboard	Gboard, Swiftkey (mobile phone keyboard apps)	Yes	Private company; Donations (and funded privately by WhatsApp seed investor Eron Wolf)	Private, secure mobile phone keyboard; 100% offline; Very good voice input; Good swish/swipe typing; Great company privacy ethos	USA	Keyboard.Futo.org
DeepL	Google Translate; Microsoft Translator	Yes	Private company; Freemium	Great translation; Used by Mastodon	Germany	Deepl.com

RTA's choice

We use FUTO keyboard, and Deepl (via Mastodon).

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