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I use lawnchair. From f-droid.

Fossify launcher is good and simple too. (Also on f-droid).

Lawnchair for me as well.

Back in the good old days Nova was actually one of the three apps I paid for. Can’t say as I’m pleased about things with Nova going down the way they did, but I can’t say as I’m too surprised, either. (The other two in case anyone cares are Torque and Alpine Quest.)

I guess I paid for nova too, a very long time ago (maybe when I was on android 4 or 5), I stopped using it because of some disturbing bugs. I didn’t follow that much of its evolution after that. I kinda lost interest for custom launchers, as the ones from the phones I bought or the ROMS I installed were good enough for me.

I started looking for launchers again because I started using /e/os a few years ago, and I do not like their launcher at all.