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10mo ago

PSA: Nova Launcher is owned by an analytics company

www.androidpolice.com Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch

Hopefully, this isn’t the end of an era for Android launchers

Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch

Since a few folks seem unaware of this, I'm posting anew for visibility.

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10mo ago

Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch

www.androidpolice.com /nova-launcher-acquired-by-branch/

Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch

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10mo ago

PSA: Nova Launcher has been owned by analytics company Branch since 2022

www.androidpolice.com /nova-launcher-acquired-by-branch/

PSA: Nova Launcher has been owned by analytics company Branch since 2022

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I switched from Nova Launcher to Lawnchair (GitHub) over a year ago. I think it's great. https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair
- Latest release says it's from 2018 though...
  
  there are recent git commits, they appear to be working on the beta
  https://lawnchair.app/blog/lawnchair-14/
  article is dated this month
  
  Latest beta release was on April 3. Source from telegram.

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