I’m looking for something as close to Nova Launcher as possible.

    • The Giant KoreanOP
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      657 months ago

      It was acquired by an analytics company, so there are privacy concerns.

      • @CosmicTurtle
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        267 months ago

        Looks like this happened a year ago and analytics can be opted out.

        If you are still using Nova, make sure you go to Settings> Advanced > Disable “Error & usage reporting”

        Not sure if that fixes anything…

        I’ll keep watching this post…I’m curious about recommendations. The default pixel launcher is…just garbage

        • @TheInsane42
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          87 months ago

          Thanks for the warning, checked settings on all devices and corrected on some.

          Time to look for a replacement I guess. The only thing I use is the icon size/grid settings.

      • nostradiel
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        107 months ago

        Just don’t allow to Nova app to connect to internet. It doesn’t need network connection for its functionality. All apps on my phone which doesn’t need network connection are blocked through AFWall+.

        • @AWittyUsername
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          117 months ago

          Or choose not to support companies that do this in any way

      • Carighan Maconar
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        97 months ago

        Yeah, although so far nothing has happened. It’s one of those cases where we all thought it would immediately go to shit like QuickPic did, but oddly… that’s not happening. Feels weird. This isn’t how good software being bought up usually plays out!

    • Atemu
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      -47 months ago

      It’s proprietary I guess? That’s never good.

      • @MarsRT
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        17 months ago

        Proprietary isn’t always a bad thing, but the developer(s) of the proprietary product have to have decent intentions which is not usually the case.

        • Atemu
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          27 months ago

          Note how I said that it’s never good. Being proprietary might not be bad in some cases but it’s never good either.

          • @MarsRT
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            17 months ago

            ah, got you