Already posted here in Lemmy. State of Nova Launcher (August 9, 2024)

I’m Kevin Barry, the original creator and primary developer of Nova Launcher. (…) This week Branch parted ways with some employees, including people involved with Nova. (…) However, I’ve always been the lead and primary contributor to Nova Launcher and that hasn’t changed. I will continue to control the direction and development of Nova Launcher.

NetGuard.

I lost faith in Google when they began integrating ads into search results.

Good Bot.