Uninstalled within seconds. I’m trialling Hyperion launcher now, which seems pretty crisp.

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    I have used Nova Launcher for years. Was surprised I hadn’t already bought it. Discovered a 3 buxk playstore credit from google, so I paid 1 buck in the end. An easy decision.

    Apparently it was in maintenance mode for years with a single developer who left in late 2025, and it was sold to a swedish company that plans to develop/support it further. Hopefully they do it well.

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      it was sold to a swedish company that plans to develop/support it further. Hopefully they do it well.

      Narrator: They aren’t

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        Perhaps. Software comes and goes, and paying a small one-off amount for something genuinely useful, after many years of service, is acceptable to me. There are alternatives too, which is good.

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      and it was sold to a swedish company that plans to develop/support it further. Hopefully they do it well.

      Well they’ve already added ads and tracking so “well” is not on the table at this point.

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        True… many people don’t get the opt-out option, I suppose. There are alternatives, anyway.

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        I have it. No ads. It has two tracker libraries (Branch, Bugsnag) that get blocked by tracker control.