This was true for me until the latest iOS release, but then it got worse for me. The inline predictions were especially problematic, but they added a toggle in the settings for it.
I think this puts me in the market for a keyboard like this
Sometimes I feel hacker news audience either have a very unique use case with their software/hardware or they are living in an alternative universe. The latest iOS keyboard is absolutely better than anything I've tried. I am sometimes shocked that it could autocorrect what I initially typed because it was so far off! And I have big fingers!
I feel the same re: Hacker News audiences. I believe I'm very far off Apple's QA "golden path". That said, I've only used the SE and Mini iPhones, and things might be better on the phablet-style iPhones.
I'd say the iOS 17 beta keyboard was the second worst mobile keyboard I've experienced since the 9-key dialpad keyboards, but there is another person in this thread for whom that was their favorite keyboard :) There is at least a lot of variety here.
I think this puts me in the market for a keyboard like this