Apple's predictive text restrictions include 'Dictator Trump' and 'Sleepy Joe'

Posted by ag8 5 hours ago

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Comment by thinkingemote 3 hours ago

Related: "I dumped Apple’s word list" 2 days ago, 120 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50357782

Comment by ChrisRR 4 hours ago

100,000 sounds less like a list of restrictions, and more like training the prediction model based on how often its used

Comment by danielfoster 1 hour ago

I was going to go into a rant about how this is an unfair restriction of personal freedom, but then I realized Apple would probably get hit with negative press if “Sleepy Joe” popped up on her phone after telling everyone about her baby, sleepy Jeremy. Or vice versa for anything to do with Trump.

Comment by cisc 4 hours ago

Don't worry about it. The iPhone Duo is doubleplusgood!

Comment by reitzensteinm 1 minute ago

Call me naive but I see this as the opposite. 1984 would be my phone downloading extreme opinions and suggesting that they be my own.

Maybe this isn’t the right answer, and in general the Apple walled garden is gross. But as an iPhone user this feels to me like my device is acting in my interests.