Bluefruit comments on Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data

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[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 84 points 6 months ago (6 children)

What a great advertisement for almost any other launcher.

Lawnchair is my go to if anyone wants a pretty simple and customizable launcher that respects your privacy.

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[–] NoXPhasma@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

I've tested several popular ones and landed at Lawnchair as well. Plus point for being FOSS.

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[–] statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 months ago

It sounded interesting so I gave it a look and realized that I've been using it for years now and it's just so unobtrusive that I forgot about it.

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[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

+1. Just last week they added the ability to import Nova backups.

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[–] Jeremyward@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I downloaded the APK for the old version before they added the spyware and bloatware, but i turned off auto updates and Google Play keeps trying to get me to update Nova launcher to the newest version 🥱

Not going to happen and the best part is there was no forced update within the app so im going to keep using the old one till it breaks.

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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Switched about a year ago and it works perfectly!

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[–] standardUser@anarchist.nexus 1 point 6 months ago

What's been everyone's experiences in customization on it? I keep mine simple of fun background and a calendar and only the app drawer. No second pages

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