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Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher

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Re: Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher

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What kind of apps did they blacklist, and why?

It seems to be pirated icon packs. see the other comment in this same parent comment.

Ok I see. That's a random stance, but nothing that worries me too much.

Re: Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher

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I cannot find any indication that this is true.

From the little research I did, they do appear to certain block apps. https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/blob/b0ecfb84... https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/7azc2i/deleted_by_... https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/issues/940 https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/pull/902 From the dev themselves in that PR > @dasBiest: It's our business to prevent unauthorized use of iconpacks.…

Props for doing the research and posting the links - I stand obviously corrected. I get why they did it, but it also leaves a bad taste in my mouth. :( Sigh.

Re: Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher

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Unfortunately OnePlus has been doing sketchy things too. I wouldn't trust them with your data.

Like what? I just checked and it shows that the system launcher on OnePlus has used exactly 0 data.

Here's their latest anti-consumer change: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Oneplus_phone_update_introduce...
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