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What are good private dictionary apps (paid is ok) across the platforms that you know of or use? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Seems like every dictionary wants your first born personal data-wise.

What's a good, non-chatty private dictionary app that I can buy across various platforms/devices?

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[–] bh64@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I just use the Collins dictionary which is the best one IMO through Tor. There's no private (good) dictionary.

Edit: Also, installing an app for everything is not great for privacy either. They have a greater access to your device than a web. And for something I can perform in a web search, that's my preferred method.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know, I know. I hate this obsession of mine, but I gotta work around it as much as I can :(

[–] bh64@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's just getting used to it. You can add the Collins (or any other dictionary search to Firefox) and it's as easy as selecting the correct search engine and writing the word in the search box.

there was an app for Wiktionary on fdroid. But I don't like Wiktionary's definitions as much as Collins'.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Friendly looks promising from things I've read and stuff but I don't know whether that would be acceptable within the App vs Browser dichotomy as "browsers" are also technically apps and Friendly is really straddling that line