NightOwl

Just in case people aren’t aware Nova was acquired by Branch. Putting it out there so people can decide whether that matters or not.

androidpolice.com/nova-launcher-acquired-by-branc…

Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch

Hopefully, this isn’t the end of an era for Android launchers

Android Police
Aug 1, 2023 at 10:26pmWeb
Show threadpandarisuAug 2, 2023
I use Nova. After seeing this, I have disabled internet access for the app (I use LineageOS, where this is an option). Is that enough to avoid any potential downsides, or is there anything else I should be aware of?
Show threadNightOwlAug 2, 2023

Been a while since I used Nova myself, but when I last checked the branch integration was only present on the beta version of the app.

The normal version hadn’t been updated since December 2021, so I think that version is fine with it being from before the branch acquistion.

Show threadkioshiAug 4, 2023
I also did it but via Adguard. I think there’s no option to block internet access for an app in Samsung One UI. Only found option to disable background use of internet for apps