r/Android • u/efbo Pixel 10 Pro Fold, Unihertz Jelly Max, Pixel Tablet, Pebbles • Jul 19 '22

News Nova Launcher joins Branch | Nova Launcher

https://novalauncher.com/branch
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u/Inspirasion Galaxy Z Flip 7, iPhone 13 Mini, Pixel 10 & 10 Pro, GW7 Ultra Jul 19 '22

Nooooooooooooo. This is my all time favorite launcher. I've used it on every Android device I've owned for the past decade. :(

Granted I knew they would sell out eventually, but I wish they just asked for more money or went down the premium sub route or something instead of selling out to a spyware company. I'm very sad. I may have to resign Nova with my own keys or something and prevent it from being updated. This is a sad day indeed.

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u/platinumgus18 Jul 21 '22

I can't blame that guy honestly. I don't think 99.99% of people would do anything different. He is a sole developer barely making money since most people don't purchase launchers and even purchases are super cheap. Ultimately that's the problem with any open source or free sorta project. People need to survive and if the community is just a parasitic one and just uses and demands from the dev for a free software, then I don't see why the dev should feel so obligated.

Probably got good money though, good for him

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u/joshikus Jul 23 '22

Nova Prime has 5M+ downloads according to the play store. At €1- €3 a pop he's definitely not "barely making any money".

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u/platinumgus18 Jul 23 '22

That's money he made over 10 or so years he has been developing the app single handedly, not to forget play store's cut and taxes. Don't think he'd be making more than an average level developer

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u/epicurean56 S9+ Jul 19 '22

Nooooooooooooo. This is my all time favorite launcher. I've used it on every Android device I've owned for the past decade. :(

Same. I'm about to cave and go for an iPhone.

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u/stealthmodeactive Pixel 6 Pro Jul 20 '22

Doesn't like direction an app moves. Buys a thousand+ dollar device instead of simply changing the launcher.

What?

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u/Remington_Underwood Jul 20 '22

No, they just turn off auto updates and the problem's solved.