MaddestMax

I used it when it first came out. Fully FOSS. Great app. 6mo in, enshitification. Try out CCLauncher. It’s a fork of the same project but clean and fully FOSS. https://f-droid.org/packages/app.cclauncher/

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Dang. Does that mean I need to finish it all out?? 😂

I was very happy to stumble upon this post. I’ve been struggling through The Dark Forest for what feels like forever. I’m usually a pretty voracious reader, but this series is like quicksand to me. It’s really really boring. I just keep hoping it will get interesting. It threatens to…and then starts sucking again. I never DNF books, but I’m so SO tempted here. Glad there are others out there!

Sambal is chili paste. A lot of the time, depending on the cuisine, it has other things in it. Sometimes just garlic. Sometimes it’s shrimp paste. I’ve yet to have one that wasn't delicious! I’ve never seen this dish before. Looks…interesting. :)

Yes!! Another fan. I loved it. Dark, tough guy nonsense and humor. Such a fun series!

I’ve enjoyed everything he’s written. Good suggestion. In a similar, rule-breaking suggestion, Jeff Somers Avery Cates series is also very enjoyable. It also was first published in 2007. T’was a good year. 😏

https://f-droid.org/packages/app.cclauncher/

It’s basically a FOSS rewrite of OLauncher. It gets regular updates.

From quick research, it certainly seems to be the preferred alternative. It’s been around for quite awhile and look to have a legit business model. I also found an open source app that looks decent.

AnymeX

I see that. Under MultiLauncher. One of the contributors acknowledges the two separate versions but doesn’t say anything about it. I didn’t dig too deep, but I’ll definitely be watching. Probably trying out CCLauncher as well given it’s close to identical.

I just saw that there’s a newish fork of OLauncher called CCLauncher. I’m going to be testing it out for sure.

CCLauncher on F-Droid