Press F to pay respects...Meanwhile, here's my personally recommended alternative for get you started on looking for one:https://kisslauncher.com/
>>106535114Launcher people are pretty funny to me, vast, vast majority of the time the greatest waste of time and inefficiency will be the result of you sitting your ass and watching youtube and not how many half A presses you need to turn the app onThe only practical use for custom launchers today is for aesthetics and I think the new android look is pretty nice
>>106535114What are the chances of this thing actually going open source now?
>>106535490I agree but I need for my launcher to be able to bring hidden apps when searching and stock samsung launcher can't do that, otherwise I would use it.So I have to use a third party one, Lawnchair.>>106535998About 0% less or less.
>>106536393It was stipulated in the contract
Is there literally any reason to update at this point? It all just gets worse.
>>106535114context nigga. this shit died years ago
>>106536521Just read about that but who will even enforce that now that the whole Nova team is out?
>>106536521>contractLmfao. If [CORP] pays enough or looks mean enough, [CORP] is allowed to ignore the clauses of the contract.
>>106535114works on my machine
>>106536665This. I used Nova up until the Branch Metrics takeover in 2022.
>>106535114>pay respectsimagine respecting proprietary software
It's been shit. I still use it but the apps have been disappearing randomly for like half a year now. I guess I'll have to get used to the Samsung launcher
>>106535114Everyone else reacting to Nova officially dying outside this site says to use:>Smart Launcher>Default Samsung Launcher with Good Lock>Lawnchair>or try something new with Niagara Launcheras a replacementshill me on Kiss
>>106537178I liked Niagara but for some reason it keep freezing after unlocking at random times so it was really frustrating. It wasn't really freezing its just i couldn't click on any apps.I even gave them my shekels. Im on samsung. Anyone else have this issue?
>>106537178>shill me on KissMinimalist, simple, ultra-light on resources, fairly customisable, available in multiple languages.It has all you'll ever need if you're not a fan of the clutter even Google can get guilty of these days...Even on Tablets
>>106537566...almost forgotStill actively developed, and open source.
God damnit
>>106537412Must be trying to phone home
>>106535114im still mad that next launcher 3d died which was basically go launcher on steroids. we will never get fancy stuff like that anymore.
>>106535114What's happening to Nova??
>>106538407jewish ads company with backdooring & pushing spyware history bought it, now every single activity involving nova launcher are logged & sent to israel to be sold to the highest bidder.on top of spying on you, they also can detonated your phone if your behavior are determined not kosher enough
I moved to Lawnchair half a year ago, I can't actually remember what prompted this though. It feels very much like a customizable Pixel stock launcher. I do miss the "recent apps" thing when partially pulling up the app drawer.
>>106538407Jews
>>106535114I haven't used Nova in like a decade, I've been using KISS for the past few years too
>>106538560>>106538666Oy vey, I’ll make sure it’s off for Shabbos wouldn’t want the neighbors to think I’m running a disco.
>>106535114I had to drop it when I moved to foldables, as it never supported those. Google needs to start pulling licenses on these devs that revoke or downgrade what you purchased and try and force you to a new model (Dictionary.com and AccuWeather, I'm looking at you) though.
>>106535114Pie Launcher off FDroid, took off some local apps for the photo, but it saves a lot of time IMHO. Only downside is having to drag from the very top for notifications which is a literal drag.
>>106538716>Google needs to start pulling licenses on these devs that revoke or downgrade what you purchased and try and force you to a new modelIf they were the type to do something like that, they wouldn't have effectively killed side loading.
>>106538560God damn it. Is EVERYTHING jewish now?
>>106537178Just installed Lawnchair. Thought this was abandoned years ago, but the latest beta just dropped this week.It just works, too. Including homescreen rotation, which was the only reason I used Nova anyway (no other launcher detected my phone rotating for some reason).
>>106538716>Google needs to start pulling licensesThey do this all the time>Mandatory edge to edge handling and 16 KB page size support when targeting Android 15>Forced rotation and adaptive layout support for large screens on 16>Forced dark mode on 16 QPR2If the app doesn't comply, Play Store blocks the install (and hides the app iirc) from higher android versions>revoke or downgrade what you purchasedYou did knowingly buy a problematic device, though. Foldables are really lucky to be driven by Samsung flagships, otherwise they'd get ignored by apps as much as tablets and chromebooks
