I've seen quite a few launchers on F-Droid, but I really fail to see what their advantages over the stock one are. I mean, what can be meaningfully different about arranging apps in a grid? But I guess the existence of so many options goes to show I just don't get the gist of it.

So what launchers actually provide some interesting features that make it worth switching to them?

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[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Well you switch when you feel like something could be better, like for me, I personally got OCD so I dont like a grid of apps, hence I use those minimal launchers that don't have icons and just a search bar. I know evey app I have installed and delete any if I dont see a use for it in the near future, but that's just me.

Currently using fokus launcher

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[–] KullumDaue@lemmy.world 1 point 18 hours ago

i don't mind a grid, but i don't like it. i use Microsoft launcher (not open source) specifically because you can place the icons at half grid space. so i stagger them (each column is offset by half grid space). you also get daily Bing backgrounds, for as long as the launcher is active, and that is pretty cool too.

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