I've never heard of Nova Lanucher. Apparently it's for Android. Smart phones are a cesspool for privacy. There's really no reason people should be using them for anything but the bare minimum tasks possible.
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Nova Launcher added Facebook and Google Ads tracking
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#132I was a 10+ year long Nova Launcher user and knew this day was coming after the sale and layoffs[0][1]... This evening I at looked several replacement launchers, such as Lawnchair and even the stock Pixel launcher again, but Octopi Launcher[2] is the more modern, more refined Nova replacement that you are looking for. It was a very easy, natural transition process from Nova - all of the Nova features that I used were…
Thanks for the tip. I opened up my phone to see about giving Octopi a shot, and (amusingly? alarmingly?) Nova Launcher produced a popup warning me that it would now feature ads. Anyway, my launcher needs are pretty minimal. Switching over and recreating a familiar layout was easy enough. I do find one function missing, though: Some shortcut functionality seems missing in Octopi that was present in Nova. For instance:…
I managed to add a Shazam Now button using a Shazam widget, not a shortcut. Give it a try!
I just installed Octopi on this thread's recommendation. Pretty good so far, and I'm happy to remove the useless Google search bar from the bottom of my Pixel (I use Kagi and Firefox, neither of which can be configured on that bar). Also satisfied how you can resize widgets to any size, regardless of what the widget asks for.
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#133I've never heard of Nova Lanucher. Apparently it's for Android. Smart phones are a cesspool for privacy. There's really no reason people should be using them for anything but the bare minimum tasks possible.
Huh, I wonder why seven billion people think otherwise then.
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#134I installed Nova way back when the default android launcher was crap, nowadays it's not really any different. I guess I may as well uninstall it now
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#135What's the problem exactly?
Why does facebook need to know what my launcher is doing?
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. It's not unique to the play store, as a matter of fact, this started in the iOS app store and was "adopted" by Google. It could definitely be improved though, i.e. if all potential in-app purchases were listable via the store page, like on steam for example 2. The prices were mentioned in the comment you're responding to.
> this started in the iOS app store and was "adopted" by Google I can see prices for in-app purchases in the iOS App Store.
Where? Just checked on every app I've purchased in app unlocks and none of them have any indicator for these unlocks (or others that are still available) on their app store page.
The only way to see them - from my experience which I just verified - is to go into the app and go into the relevant menu's of the apps.
Please explain where you're able to see this information on the app store on iOS or iPadOS
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#137I was a 10+ year long Nova Launcher user and knew this day was coming after the sale and layoffs[0][1]... This evening I at looked several replacement launchers, such as Lawnchair and even the stock Pixel launcher again, but Octopi Launcher[2] is the more modern, more refined Nova replacement that you are looking for. It was a very easy, natural transition process from Nova - all of the Nova features that I used were…
Thank you for this!
I was really happy with one launcher that I configured probably 8-9 years ago and then moving to the new phone meant everything just worked (^tm ?) with normal phone porting.
Reading the headline made me freak out for 2 min. I really really do not like UI muscle memory being changed for something like my phone.
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#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
> this started in the iOS app store and was "adopted" by Google I can see prices for in-app purchases in the iOS App Store.
Where? Just checked on every app I've purchased in app unlocks and none of them have any indicator for these unlocks (or others that are still available) on their app store page. The only way to see them - from my experience which I just verified - is to go into the app and go into the relevant menu's of the apps. Please explain where you're able to see this information on the app store on iOS or iPadOS
It's in the app store's app listing, just under age rating. It says "in app purchases: yes", which you can expand to show all purchase options.
https://back.ww-cdn.com/superstatic/docs-res/41269/in-appfin...
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#139For those still using Nova Launcher (custom launcher for Android), it seems that it's owned by a new company and the latest update comes with the Facebook Ads and Google AdMob SDKs and require extra permissions. 8.1.6: - Branch (analytics) - Bugsnag (crash report) 8.2.4: - Facebook Ads (advertisement) - Google AdMob (advertisement) - Branch (analytics) - Bugsnag (crash reporting) - Google CrashLytics (crash reporting…
Any good alternatives people are using? I've used Nova for absolutely ages
Here's the most stripped down launcher in the world:
https://github.com/fandreuz/TUI-ConsoleLauncher
I don't need icons, swiping, widgets, or any of that nonsense. This one works great and you can ssh, use tmux right from the launcher
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#140I had a go at finding a launcher that suits my preferences, and ended up back to square 1, the native launcher on Samsung Oneui. the killer feature is stackable widgets so you can reduce the real estate used for each one.
That said,my other top picks are : Lawnchair +Lawnicons YAM Launcher (foss and minimal) Fossify launcher beta (bare bones typical launcher).