Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier
Thanks for the reminder! I had switched to Lawnchair, but I just realized I had forgotten to uninstall Nova. Fixed!
Same. Just uninstalled that spyware
Anyone that gives a single shit about their data being sold to third parties should have dumped Nova a long time ago.
This is the first I’ve heard about any privacy issues. I dumped Nova recently because I found a good FOSS launcher.
Mind sharing which launcher you switched to?
Dragon Launcher. Apparently it isn’t on Play; you have to use F-Droid.
well if you didn’t jump ship in 2022 i guess this is your time
hasn’t update this app since 2021 lol. Good thing the pre-enshitification version worked perfectly fine without updates.
Lawnchair runs fine on GrapheneOS.
And on pretty much every other android too.
Yeah it’s time. Nova was great but now it’s fully enshitified. I went with Niagara. There’s a short learning period, less than a week for me to feel comfortable, but I love it. Very simple and clean.
Same, it’s great
Lawnchair for graphene
Kvaesitso is really nice as well
+1 for lawn chair
So basically any advantage over the native launcher is void?
And yet another piece of software I have to abandon because of this dipshit cult behaviour.
Thanks guys. You really just went ahead and put your dick in it.
Something I cannot find in any other FOSS launcher that is the one part of Nova I want to keep: gestures on home page folders. Home page icons that I can swipe up or down to do independent actions and can be an app or folder of apps. Nothing I’ve found seems to have the same features in this regard.
Octopi Launcher does this
Not who you’re responding to, but part of me really wants Octopi to be available on F-Droid and open source
That might be what i switch to for now, but really want a FOSS option so I don’t have to worry about doing this again
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I hate corporations so much WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
anyways here’s my new homescreen
I still need to make groups and change images…
Omg omg kityyyyy
ew… it is my favourite launcher but I disabled updates once it got acquired 😭
Does anyone know of a launcher with similar customisability? All the active launchers I found focus on minimalism and no or monochrome icons, while Nova lets me arrange my colourful icons in whatever way I want, reskin them, etc 😐
Edit: Lawnchair’s Nova backup import feature in their newest beta release pushed me to try it out, let’s see 👀
Edit 2: ok it seems to only have lost my home-pinned website bookmarks, so this could be a workable solution 😊
I’d recommend Niagara Launcher but I think they also got acquired feelsbadman. We’re going to be forced into Linix Phones at this rate.
Lawnchair worked out pretty well for me, might be worth a try for you too? I just had to ignore that their promotional screenshots are all boring monochrome, turns out the launcher itself doesn’t force any colours :)
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I mean, isn’t Neo mostly Nova but with things fixed like those “ghost icons” Nova has left broken since the Lollipop update?
Where my Smart Launcher crew at? Usually you guys show up when it’s time to shit on Nova.
Anyway, if you like the features an ease-of-use of Nova, and you are looking for an alternative, Smart Launcher all day. A played with so many of the other launchers mentioned in this thread before I found SL, and it really feels like the best to me. But that’s just like, my opinion, man.
Ewwwww…
I like olauncher. Took a while to get used too.
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