“Do you still need to be allowed to decorate and modify your own home?”
Yes.
Yes.
My Nova Launcher-config has survived in one form or another for 8+ years on multiple phones, so yes?
Too bad they sold out to a data analytics company
I agree with you. I still use Nova, they had a solid update recently and my phone is feeling snappier than ever. It does concern me, however, that they’re tracking every interaction with my phone now 😮💨
I’m normally very privacy centric - very conflicted about Nova Launcher because I like the launcher so much…
try neo launcher
Neo Launcher is decent, but it’s definitely not in the same league as Nova yet in customizability.
I’m not sure why it’s just about the only classic style FOSS launcher though. Everything else is some sorta search or widget based thing.
Neo kinda sucks, and looks like it’s abandoned so no hope in f it ever getting better.
You could download an earlier version from before they were bought, it’s what I’m doing. Still better than every other launcher I’ve tried. I’m also preventing it from accessing the internet via GrapheneOS settings, but I don’t think every OS can do that.
I don’t know if this will fix it for sure, but you could try to download a VPN app with per-app network blocking (like AdGuard) and fully block Nova from accessing the internet
I use Netguard to block internet access for half of my apps - the ones that shouldn’t be using my mobile data anyway
I still use version 7 because Nova is the only launcher that gives me tabs and treats icons the right way. No other launcher manages to do it, it’s baffling.
Yes!
Yes.
Yep.
I recently got a Samsung device for work. I really gave the launcher a shot since I didn’t want to tinker with it. But after 2 days I couldn’t stand it anymore. So the answer to the post is yes!
Samsungs out of the box experience gives me anxiety to be honest. Had a few for work, luckily their singular purpose is running the authenticator app.
I’m using the Samsung S24 out of the box. What are you missing with it?
Curious, because I want to switch if there’s good arguments to do so.
I am not really missing anything specific rather than thinking the default layout and appearance is quite bad and gives a bad expression. As mentioned its basically an overpriced authenticator -tamagotchi to me so I put zero effort into changing it.
On my private phone I run nova launcher, though.
samsung roms in general
If you want to do something crazy, like not have a search bar on your home screen, then yes.
What does this mean? I don’t have a search bar on my home screen, and I’m not using a third-party launcher.
Depends what phone you have - Pixels have a search bar on the home screen by default (not sure if they can be turned off on later models, maybe?)
That’s a pixel problem, not an Android problem.
That’s my point.
You may be using the default launcher that came with your phone, but if you don’t have the search bar, then it’s still a 3rd party launcher. Google’s launcher forces an immovable search bar on to your home screen.
-Edit-
It’s possible this has changed in the years I’ve been using an alternate launcher. It’s been several years since I switched and never really checked back to see if it was still true.
This made me realize that I have a search bar on my home screen that I literally never use and I do use a third party launcher that it could be turned off. Very funny indeed
Yes
Yes.
I’ve been using Niagara launcher. This launcher is has been great for larger screens and I can use the phone one handed.
I’m on Nova, but I’ve heard nothing but great things about it. Also played with it abit, I think I just wanted to tweak the pull down gestures a little more then default.
I don’t think it has any customizations for pull down gestures. Would be nice to have for certain people.
This is a gross violation of Betteridge’s law of headlines.
I agree
Yup.
Yes.
unless you want android to turn into ios then yes
there’s so much i can do in nova that i can’t do in one ui or the pixel launcher
This a questiın that shouldn’t be asked in the first place
