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Android’s most beloved launcher may be done for good (www.androidpolice.com)
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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 204 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I hate being hinted and asked to click on the link, so I save you a click:

It’s the end of an era: the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher — Kevin Barry — has stepped away from the development of the iconic custom launcher. This essentially marks the end of the road for the launcher, as it is unlikely to receive updates or new features. For years now, Nova Launcher has been the go-to launcher for power Android users, standing out for its plethora of customization options and features.

Now that Nova is in literal limbo, if not allegedly in the hands of some data miner, there should be talk about substitutes.

  • This app may share these data types with third parties
  • This app may collect these data types
[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hate being hinted and asked to click on the link, so I save you a click:

Are you using a different client? Without teaser texts? The Lemmy website mentions Nova in the teaser.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm on the PC and using Firefox, viewing Lemmy directly rather than on mobile.

Android’s most beloved launcher may be done for good

I see only this.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Seems like lemmy.world has the opengraph/teaser stuff disabled? When I open the post on lemmyworld, without an account, it doesn't have a teaser at all.

If you open this comment source link it may very well show.

The interoperability of ActivityPub is nice, but all these differences make it confusing and cumbersome too.

[–] nshibj@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

I hate clickbait too. Just downvote posts like this

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That talk about substitutes happened when it was initially handed over to said data miner, and anybody concerned should have switched back then. I did, moving to Lawnchair, and never looked back. Oodles of other options are doubtlessly available.

[–] Edce@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lawnchair was too bare bones for me. However, I was able to recreate 90%+ of my Nova setup with Neo.

https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher

[–] Statick@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hasn't had a release since 2023 🫤

[–] Edce@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago

Their other projects are in active development, so I wouldn't consider it to be abandoned.

I haven't had any issues besides the desktop being occasionally unresponsive. Same thing used to happen to me in Nova.

It's FOSS and suits my needs. But I can see why others may want to stay away from it.

https://github.com/NeoApplications

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

I'm quite satisfied with lawn chair too

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 12 points 1 day ago

I would be so happy if Kevin got accidentally 'hacked' and the source leaked, by now im so ingrained in nova that it just feels wrong switching.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 21 hours ago

if not allegedly in the hands of some data miner,

it's android. what do you expect? It's one giant data miner.