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Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data
(www.androidauthority.com)
Ewwwww....
this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2026
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Anyone that gives a single shit about their data being sold to third parties should have dumped Nova a long time ago.
This is the first I've heard about any privacy issues. I dumped Nova recently because I found a good FOSS launcher.
Mind sharing which launcher you switched to?
Dragon Launcher. Apparently it isn't on Play; you have to use F-Droid.
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So basically any advantage over the native launcher is void?
well if you didn't jump ship in 2022 i guess this is your time
hasn't update this app since 2021 lol. Good thing the pre-enshitification version worked perfectly fine without updates.
Lawnchair for graphene
Kvaesitso is really nice as well
+1 for lawn chair
Yeah it's time. Nova was great but now it's fully enshitified. I went with Niagara. There's a short learning period, less than a week for me to feel comfortable, but I love it. Very simple and clean.
Same, it's great
Lawnchair runs fine on GrapheneOS.
And on pretty much every other android too.
Just disable it's network permission.
how do you do that on samsungs?
Or better yet, just uninstall it
Lawnchair is a pretty good FOSS launcher.
Can confirm. I switched from Nova Launcher a year+ ago. I haven't noticed any downgrade. Lawnchair feels cleaner, better.
I guess proprietary software has no option but enshittification once an open source alternative exists. The proprietary product becomes strictly for chumps, so they make it a full on scam.
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What does any of this do? What problem or need is it addressing? I'm honestly so confused by 99% of technology these days, it seems to be nothing more than an electronic pacifier for an entire generation of ADHD addicts.
By adding launchers you can customize the Android "desktop" way more in depth and it enables you to add for example custom app icons
I don't think that's the point. The point is the AI features being added for no reason
I like olauncher. Took a while to get used too.
Oh great: one more AI to disable.
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