Finally removed it from my phone, octopi launcher does most of what I need even on the free version I do intend to pay for the extra functions when I can.
But yeah just remember you can sort the app drawer by tags and it’s almost there.
Ahh sonofabitch! It’s already updated for me.
You should really not have automatic updates on. Aside from the fact that you also should have moved away from Nova years ago when Branch first acquired them.
Yeah. Totally correct. That one slipped by.
Annnnd TIME!
95% interface and widgets swapped over to lawnchair!
Boom!
Just get the older APK form one of the mirror sites.
Luckily I bought the prime version in 2018 or so for a few cents. Means I only have to configure Lawnchair when I get a new phone. Win for laziness.
Wow, I got scared, I thought that was the one I’m using but I switched to Niagara Launcher long ago
I switched to Niagara a few months ago and bought it. It’s been working great for me. No regrats.
I first found out about Niagara on a thread like this a couple of years ago. It’s great!!!
I switched to SmartLauncher about 4 months ago and have not looked back. It’s fine for what I need. I was a nova launcher user for a decade.
Same here, I jumped ship as soon as they got a new owner. SmartLauncher has been fantastic so far.
SmartLauncher meant I had to make some changes to how I use my launcher, but in the long run it’s miles better for usability. Never looking back.
They got a new owner years ago. No one should still be using it. Lawnchair has been great for me.
I ducked off the Nova train with their fishy new owners a few months ago. My one complaint about Lawnchair is that the search function is slower and less effective, otherwise it’s great!
I used to use lawnchair. Good reason to switch back.
Holy shit the screenshots on Play store are depressing
You want to use one of the much more recent nightly or beta builds.
Can you remove the search bar at the bottom of the home screen?
Yeah, that’s what I do. It’s fully customizable.
Hm maybe I’ll try it out.
If anyone is looking to try something new - I really enjoyed Waterfall after dropping Nova.
+1 for Niagra. It takes a few days to get used to but it’s the launcher every power user didn’t know they wanted. Lifetime purchase options and a very responsive/passionate dev
Seconded. Looks good and I’ve found browsing by letter is way faster than the traditional folders (although you can still use folders with premium). I bought the upgrade after a few months.
I picked up Lawnchair when I de-googled my phone a bit more than a year ago. There were a couple launchers I considered, but honestly the name is what sold me. And I haven’t missed Nova since.
It already had a new owner which is why I stopped using it years ago.
Up until today I was happy with turning off updates (as a precaution) and restricting Nova’s internet access (all phone network access is proxied through Rethink+), but this made me switch to Lawnchair and leave a 1-star review for both the free version and the paid upgrade token.
I didn’t know about Rethink, looks like a cool project
It’s excellent, you can filter network access per app, or per IP, or isolate an app and allow it to access only certain addresses / ranges and the interface is really intuitive and user-friendly.
I just switched to Octopi. For me, it’s an almost perfect replacement. Plus it’s a local developer.
Can confirm, only one that had feature parity for most of my nova setup
I showed my wife the before and after of my home pages. She said, “They’re the same.”
Happy.
is it new? cant find it on the launcher comparison table https://grabster.notion.site/6671f3b62d8043c4aaaae22a241e3f05?v=91d9b664887643298f85fe18044d3560
Is this open source?
(I couldn’t find it)
If you want FOSS, check KISS launcher. Its feature rich, light on resources, and available through F-droid.
Awesome app, replaced Lawnchair. Development simply moved too slowly on LC
I’m not familiar with Nova launcher, it seems to have some USPs to it.
But these days I always recommend Lawnchair. It’s built on top of the Pixel launcher, which in itself is a very good launcher IMHO, and refines it to be more customizable.
I’m getting really tired of companies pissing all over my name!
time to go super…
Shouldn’t have tried to disassemble Johnny 5.
No disassemble!
No disassemble!
I’m glad that the original developers have made some money.
I’m more glad that the new owners will lose all that good will, trust and activity. At the risk of sounding too much like Picard,… “make it so”I stopped auto-updates when the last death happened. Now I’m exploring Lawnchair.
Dumped Nova as soon as the sellout was announced. Replaced it with Octopi, which I found to be better anyways.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otp.octopilauncher&hl=en_US&pli=1
Does a launcher need network access at all?
I have disabled network for this app now. Let’s see what happens.
It doesn’t. I’ve also disabled network access to Nova years ago (GrapheneOS FTW). I’m gonna go ahead and disable updates for Nova and try to fully commit to switching to Lawnchair.
Thats why you want open source software, its the only software you can trust, its the only software that won’t fuck you over
Except when it goes from open source to closed lol
At which point it simply gets forked from the last release/commit. Unless the project nukes all of the history and no one comes forward with a backup.
And, they would typically need the consent of every contributor to legally change the license, unless they had been forcing contributors to sign over rights to their code before contribution.
Until these mfs relicense their sht and we have to fork
at least forking is an option you can choose, and someone else with decent reputation in the foss community will probably also do it before you, instead of just accepting being fucked up the ass with no lube for the third time this week
