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Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... ads (www.androidauthority.com)
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[โ€“] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Does a launcher need network access at all?

I have disabled network for this app now. Let's see what happens.

[โ€“] ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

It doesn't. I've also disabled network access to Nova years ago (GrapheneOS FTW). I'm gonna go ahead and disable updates for Nova and try to fully commit to switching to Lawnchair.