Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch
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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.

Meeech
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Going to take the moment to plug Action Launcher! I’ve been using it for years and it’s fantastic!

@smeg@feddit.uk
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I used to use it many years ago but then one day they paywalled all the unique features

@MoonRaven@feddit.nl
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It hasn’t had proper updates in a long time (even no 2023 supporter pack. There are plenty of issues being reported in the discord with no response.

Christoph Schmees
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