Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch
www.androidpolice.com
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.

  • SuperSpecialNicknameEnglish
    51·
    8 months ago

    The branch analytics got added in version 8 so 7 should be safe. I don’t think it was added in version 8.0 but a slightly later patch, but I avoid it nonetheless.

    • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      Has someone capable actually opened the APK to confirm it’s “safe” though. Would love to see a post where someone breaks down for lay people, if it exists

      • SuperSpecialNicknameEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Can’t say that I saw something like that, but that is the version before the acquisition. Just in case, you can download from apk mirror older versions.