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Nova Launcher Prime
Heads up: Nova launcher got sold out to a shady company - Branch Analytics.
And laid off all but one person. Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/nova-launcher-savior-of-cruft-filled-android-phones-is-on-life-support/
Someone in Ars comments linked this:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fr.neamar.kiss/
Any experiences?
I like Neo Launcher.
Thanks for the warning, I didn't know about that. That's disappointing news.
Are there any good free software alternatives?
I used Nova forever. It was great.
I switched to Total launcher and now I don't miss nova.
I moved to smart launcher because I needed the gesture based controls. It's mostly similar but has some quirks.
I can't remember if it's free or not but it was at most a 1 time payment.