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by Karunamon 4398 days ago
you'll be selling my data

Not mentioned anywhere, not even in the EULA. FUD.

you'll be doing in-app purchasing

Err.. did you miss the announcement of the IAP theme store? Because that's exactly what they're doing.

my point is that as a paying customer this is not a good way to communicate. I have no idea what the strategy is

Sounds like give away the base app and sell value adds. A perfectly legitimate business model.

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"Not mentioned anywhere, not even in the EULA. FUD."

Given that they have no last update date for their Privacy, Terms, et al on their website, I have no idea if these are current.

"Sounds like give away the base app and sell value adds. A perfectly legitimate business model."

As a user of the application, I don't know what they are doing - they did not communicate it. That's my point.

"Err.. did you miss the announcement of the IAP theme store? Because that's exactly what they're doing."

No, I saw that part of the announcement - that doesn't clear it up for me. It indicates that they'll be charging for add-on themes -- nothing else. It doesn't assure me that they'll NOT be selling my data (as an example).

I'd imagine the cross section of their user base which devotes this level of thought to their business model is quite small.
Probably right!
Hi, thanks for the feedback. Protecting your data and maintaining your trust is core to our mission at SwiftKey, and the procedures we have in place are under constant review. You can read an explanation from the founders about why SwiftKey Keyboard is now free here: http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/why-we-set-swiftkey-free/ If you want to find out more about how we keep your data safe, please read our Data Security statement here: http://swiftkey.com/en/data-security/