• pedestrian@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
      81·
      10 months ago

      I agree with you. I still use Nova, they had a solid update recently and my phone is feeling snappier than ever. It does concern me, however, that they’re tracking every interaction with my phone now 😮‍💨

      I’m normally very privacy centric - very conflicted about Nova Launcher because I like the launcher so much…

        • Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Neo Launcher is decent, but it’s definitely not in the same league as Nova yet in customizability.

          I’m not sure why it’s just about the only classic style FOSS launcher though. Everything else is some sorta search or widget based thing.

      • virtueless@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        You could download an earlier version from before they were bought, it’s what I’m doing. Still better than every other launcher I’ve tried. I’m also preventing it from accessing the internet via GrapheneOS settings, but I don’t think every OS can do that.

      • Thatuserguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I don’t know if this will fix it for sure, but you could try to download a VPN app with per-app network blocking (like AdGuard) and fully block Nova from accessing the internet

    • starman2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I really wish there was another launcher that allowed all of

      •Multiple pages for widgets and things

      •Empty pages

      •Scrolling wallpapers

      •A totally transparent home page

      Every other launcher I’ve tried allows for maybe one of those.