Well this sucks because I love Nova :(
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
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Adguard seems to do a good job blocking the Nova calls to home. Thing is, it's like an AV or VPN, you can only guess that it's working over time, you really don't know for sure.
I switched to Kvaesitso (https://github.com/MM2-0/Kvaesitso) and Lawnchair (https://lawnchair.app/downloads/).
Not quite the same customization, but worth it. Kvaesitso is my primary and I love it.
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I ditched it for Lawnchair, and I have no regrets. Works just as well as Nova did.
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Well. Fuck.
I switched to Lawnchair a few years ago (IIRC 6 years ago) and it's been a solid experience, I'm very happy with it.
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Grapheneos and blocked internet for the launcher.
I had Nova prime and reluctantly moved to KISS when this was announced in 2022. The lack of features was quite the change, but I've been using it since and wouldn't go back. Searching and quick launching apps feels the fastest it can possibly be with KISS.
OK, if they say so, it must be true. I mean, they bought it because they had nothing better to do with the money, and that they are a data mining company means nothing. They just wanted a Launcher because "why not?".
Just keep your Nova launcher and don't opt-in to the tracking, nothing will change. 🤔
I've been seeing too much of this lately. They can't get us to get their nasty tracking malware ridden software, so they bet on us being too stupid to move away from one they purchase because we used to trust it. Same thing that happened with the Simple apps suite.
We'll be seeing more and more of this moving forward.
Uninstalled
Thank you for this heads up
Great. Still using it until I have a good reason not to.