Ahh sonofabitch! It’s already updated for me and there is no changelog. Turned off auto update.
Edit: and uninstalled. Lawnchair FTW.
You should really not have automatic updates on. Aside from the fact that you also should have moved away from Nova years ago when Branch first acquired them.
Yeah. Totally correct. That one slipped by.
Annnnd TIME! About 1 hour.
95% interface and widgets swapped over to lawnchair!
Boom!
Just get the older APK form one of the mirror sites.
Wow, I’ve been using Nova Launcher. I paid for it and everything. Guess I’ll uninstall. The ads wouldn’t affect me, sure, but enshittification knows no bounds.
I just switched to Octopi. For me, it’s an almost perfect replacement. Plus it’s a local developer.
Can confirm, only one that had feature parity for most of my nova setup
I showed my wife the before and after of my home pages. She said, “They’re the same.”
Happy.
Is this open source?
(I couldn’t find it)
If you want FOSS, check KISS launcher. Its feature rich, light on resources, and available through F-droid.
Awesome app, replaced Lawnchair. Development simply moved too slowly on LC
is it new? cant find it on the launcher comparison table https://grabster.notion.site/6671f3b62d8043c4aaaae22a241e3f05?v=91d9b664887643298f85fe18044d3560
thanks for this table!
Nova is rated as advanced customisability, and in this table Bridge Launcher is the only FLOSS launcher that has advanced customisability and is not discontinued, but based on the app page it’s basically a programming platform, not an actual launcher :c
I recommend Kvaesitso, very snappy with lots of functionality.
That’s my second favorite after Smart Launcher
Am I just not seeing it or do they not seem to allow icons on the desktop?
they do? you go to the settings, home screens, and increase the dock rows.
It just looks like none of the screen shots are showing desktop icons which is weird
I did try that when switching from Nova but it ran quite horribly on my phone. I’ve since switched to Olauncher and while the absolutely minimalistic style took some time getting used to, I don’t want to go back anymore.
Rinzler…what have you become?
Don’t forget to leave a bad review before uninstalling it.
Dumped Nova as soon as the sellout was announced. Replaced it with Octopi, which I found to be better anyways.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otp.octopilauncher&hl=en_US&pli=1
I’m glad that the original developers have made some money.
I’m more glad that the new owners will lose all that good will, trust and activity. At the risk of sounding too much like Picard,… “make it so”Thats why you want open source software, its the only software you can trust, its the only software that won’t fuck you over
Except when it goes from open source to closed lol
At which point it simply gets forked from the last release/commit. Unless the project nukes all of the history and no one comes forward with a backup.
And, they would typically need the consent of every contributor to legally change the license, unless they had been forcing contributors to sign over rights to their code before contribution.
Until these mfs relicense their sht and we have to fork
at least forking is an option you can choose, and someone else with decent reputation in the foss community will probably also do it before you, instead of just accepting being fucked up the ass with no lube for the third time this week
That’s capitalism we all know consumers demand adds overloading everything. /s
Finally removed it from my phone, octopi launcher does most of what I need even on the free version I do intend to pay for the extra functions when I can.
But yeah just remember you can sort the app drawer by tags and it’s almost there.
Luckily I bought the prime version in 2018 or so for a few cents. Means I only have to configure Lawnchair when I get a new phone. Win for laziness.
Octopi Launcher is the best replacement. The developer is very active and listens to suggestions. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otp.octopilauncher
Thanks for this post, I quickly turned off auto-updates 👀
I only started using it half a year ago, but it was still the best from all the launchers I’ve tried 😔
I ditched them years ago after they got bought out the first time.
