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I bought it back then in the Android... 2.x or 4.x days as the launcher on my phone sucked. Hadn't much complaints about the stock launchers of my next few phones and forgot about it until I got a Pixel. Wow, the pixel launcher was a complete letdown. Especially the forced unremovable search bar that's completely useless for me and takes up so much real estate on the screen. Then I couldn't remove the at a glance widget either (IIRC a big back then, but.... Yeah...). I get it, that it's nice, but... Again: Too much real estate for a clock, a totally unreliable weather info (at least in my area?) and info about the currently playing song.
Searched launchers, remembered Nova and was surprised it was still around and had all the features I wanted. Bonus: it allows me to resize widgets.
I tried Octopi, when the owner change news for Nova hit, but was so used to having folders on the dock from my previous phones and Nova, that I couldn't use it without that feature. So I tried lawnchair which is basically the pixel launcher but with exactly the features I missed in the original. I can get rid of spotlight and can get rid of the search bar. Widgets are resizable. Also the dock features folders. And I can control the grid size and adjust it to my liking.
Niagara was also recommended to me, but... IIRC in the end it felt to opinionated about the workflow and immediately lost me. Not what I'm looking for in a launcher. (Not saying it's bad - just that it's not for me).