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I was fed up with Google increasing insistence on pushing crap onto my home screen. The unavoidable news feed was the last straw. I have now installed Nova Laun
by fredley 8y ago
I was fed up with Google increasing insistence on pushing crap onto my home screen. The unavoidable news feed was the last straw. I have now installed Nova Launcher and it's made my phone great again. No Google crap on the home screen at all.
- jcalabro 8y agoI also highly recommend nova launcher. I've been using it for years and honestly forgot that Google forces you to have a searchbar on the home screen.
- m-p-3 8y agoI switched to Lawnchair. It feels close to Google Launcher, but with just enough customization to be super easy to setup yet flexible enough.
- chewz 8y agoI sometimes wonder if HN is just another conspiracy-theorists forum. You can disable Google News feed, you can remove Google Search from home screen, you can even use Bing as Assist app (long press on Home icon) in place of Google. Everything on stock Android Oreo on Sony Xperia. Hey, you can even disable location services. Use VPN with split tunelling for Google Play Services. Google is no saint but it ain't a devil either.
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- mancerayder 8y agoNova Launcher persisted in keeping that Do Evil search box out of sight, despite my upgrade to Android 9 two days ago. I'm very happy with Nova.
- Raphmedia 8y agoDid you manage to fix Android's Chrome homescreen to remove the feed there?
- fredley 8y agoYes! By using Firefox.