Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch
www.androidpolice.com
Hopefully, this isn’t the end of an era for Android launchers

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

    • Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      112·
      6 months ago

      mostly yes but it will depend how you block your Internet connection, with exception GrapheneOS approach all the other ways to “block” internet on Android devices may leak some data.

      • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        94·
        6 months ago

        The chances of some data being leaked is always possible but I’ll roll the dice if it means getting to keep using a launcher that’s not god awful or pixel-based until some other launchers become more mature.

        If we’re were talking financial information or something, sure, the chance of leaks is a huge problem, but some usage analytics leaking is more annoying than anything else.

      • Azzu@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        6 months ago

        With xposed you can do everything, which is not graphene exclusive.