• Bappity@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I hope it has the ability to remove the Google search bar from the home screen

    EDIT: got the update, still can’t get rid of the search bar on the default launcher :(

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      1 year ago

      You could always use a different launcher to do this. I like Nova Launcher, but there are lots of good options.

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          1 year ago

          KISS launcher FTW. I could never go back to a standard launcher now.

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          1 year ago

          You can still use the APK of the version before the buyout. That’s what I’m doing until I find a mature replacement

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        1 year ago

        Custom launchers are a huge no to me if they don’t support Quickswitch… thanks again to Google/Android for breaking the animations…

        I hope that A14 fixes this.

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        1 year ago

        In loving Kvaesitso. It integrates really well with Nextcloud and Google Drive. And has a ton of other cool features.

      • Bappity@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        lawnchair works best for me atm but it’s really out of date and hasn’t been updated in ages 😭

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      1 year ago

      Search and ads are their bread and butter, Android is there to get you personalized ads. They’re not going to give them up as defaults.

      They even mess up split screen when you choose a different launcher. that’s just a dark pattern to make you use google more

    • sajran
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      1 year ago

      It doesn’t. I would really like that too…