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I've been using the releases from github for a while, but this is a great step towards availability for many.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not being a Debbie downer but what's good/different about this launcher?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can remove the Google search bar and replace it with the one of your choice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That was honestly the only thing i needed from a launcher when i got my pixel 6a two years ago, but there is so much more to it as i later discovered. All the tweaking that is possible on top of the (very good) pixel launcher, which it was built upon but had this one flaw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Same here. I literally swapped to Lawnchair to get rid of Google search from my home screen.

Unfortunately it doesn't support Private Space yet.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Feels somewhat close to the Pixel launcher, with icon packs support, with a couple of extra features and doesn't belong to a company that is trying to monetize it to hell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dumb question, I've been using Nova launcher since forever but I think there was some drama recently about it being acquired. Is that the major difference between it and lawn chair?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nova is more flexible, but honestly I find that Lawnchair strikes a good balance between simplicity and customizability.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

One of them. The other is that this is open source which has certain implications that don't exist exist for Nova.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I still can't believe Samsung now supports icon packs but pixel launcher still doesn't

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Isn't it possible to install an icon pack and apply it to the launcher? Here's an icon pack I use.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah I use Lawnchair as well