[akmarinov]

Yeah, Apple is the worst at supporting things outside of California and especially localization.

The last time Apple added support for a new language was iOS 4 and brought the number of supported languages to about 30. In the meantime Android does more than 180, with all sort of region specific dialects.

Even Windows Phone supported 50 while it was around.

[BoardsOfCanada]

The thing I miss most from Android after moving to iOS is how well auto completion worked when mixing multiple languages. On iOS I so often start typing, notice that the keyboard is set to the wrong language, then when I change language the half typed word (that didn't autocomplete and made me realize I had the wrong language set) is then autocompleted in the language I'm switching FROM so I have to erase it and start over. Sigh, I'd think that enough apple developers were bilingual so they'd notice the problem. On Android I could just use swiftkey and type away without switching language in advance.

[rtpg]

For me it's even weirder cuz I feel like I get (for example) English autocomplete with a french keyboard and French with English.

It happens consistently enough that I'm very convinced there's a state machine bug in the UI between the autocomplete and the language picker.

You don't even have to be _that_ language proficient to end up with English/Qwerty + some random other language. So weird that this is so buggy.

[austinshea]

The worst? The hyperbole undercuts any more subtle point you’re trying to make.

[akmarinov]

It is the worst among the big tech giants, no hyperbole there.

[philliphaydon]

I would say Microsoft is worst. It doesn’t support Zhuyin on screen keyboard. So my wife can’t type Chinese when she uses a laptop without a Zhuyin keyboard.

Edit: would love to know why I’m downvoted.