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Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data
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this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2026
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Moved to action launcher after the sale. Enshittification was inevitable.
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I mean, isn't Neo mostly Nova but with things fixed like those "ghost icons" Nova has left broken since the Lollipop update?
Oh great: one more AI to disable.
The hell happened? First it was ads, now this bs. It was such a good launcher too.
The end began 4 years ago. Now they're set up to grift anyone using the app.
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Where my Smart Launcher crew at? Usually you guys show up when it's time to shit on Nova.
Anyway, if you like the features an ease-of-use of Nova, and you are looking for an alternative, Smart Launcher all day. A played with so many of the other launchers mentioned in this thread before I found SL, and it really feels like the best to me. But that's just like, my opinion, man.
I'm surprised people are still using this. I haven't used Nova for almost a decade.
I've been quite happy with Niagara for the last few months.
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Fuck all this. Stock android degoogled/Lineageos should be standard for every phone.
Next phone I get will be 100% degoogled. Hopefully a full Linux distro is out by then. I wish there was a Linux distro for phones that was just the regular OS but with adaptive standards like how websites change with desktop and mobile and Windows size changes.
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Ewwwww....
Oh yay creepware. Anyone know a good launcher with support for tablets?
Kvaesitso
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I switched from Nova to Niagara a couple years ago and I'm very happy with it
Used Nova for close to ten years. Switched last year to Kvaesitso.
I recommend everyone still using Nova to look into options and switch. It's not as scary as it seems.
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https://github.com/JackEblan/YagniLauncher this should be fine for most of you
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