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Serious question: what problems does the default keyboard have that Florisboard is trying to solve? I've never looked at the Android keyboard and thought "I wish this worked differently," except maybe when I switch languages by accident.
Privacy. I don't need Google recording my keystrokes.
It depends on the phone's brand. Samsung's keyboard is way different from Motorola, for example. The other reasons would be the possibility of customization, and for privacy-minded people, as the keyboard is basically a very sensitive entry point