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I'm loving my paid version of Nova. there's a great free version if you wanna try it out too and there's a crazy amount of customization. I'm on a Pixel 5a right now and with the Pix Material You Light/Dark icons it's quite nice. I do think the default Pixel Launcher is more polished, but Nova just has so many options that I've gotten used to enjoying.
Nova was bought by an Ad company a while ago and is now out for your data btw.
Maybe blocking Nova from the internet can be a solution?
Do you have a source about the data collection?
https://novalauncher.com/privacy/
Relevant collection:
Basically, they collect a lot more data than they need to for "just providing a launcher". They're identifying you as a user, tracking what you do, and they're absolutely selling it to data brokers/etc.
Source: My company sells data too
Thank you! That is indeed concerningly more info than they need. I will see if I can find an open source alternative that fits my needs.
It's sad that they were bought by an ad company and it's something I didn't know about. However, my data has been everywhere for years. I generally accept privacy policies knowing full well companies sell my data. It's something I think people should definitely be aware of, but when it comes to me personally I'm generally okay being a product to ad companies especially since I'd rather see ads that are interesting to me than random crap. It really is just my personal opinion though and I genuinely think people should be educated about their online privacy.
agree also bought nova, what i like is configuration import/export im on my third phone with the same homescreen layout and settings and I only had to recreate widgets