Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
Switching the launcher will almost do ZERO for your privacy. Just to let you know.
Anyhow, you could check out the "F-Droid" App Store, which is populated with the most privacy respecting open source apps out there. It also has some launchers.
Or you could at least check apps on Exodus for trackers.
I figured it wouldn't do much or anything for privacy but figured it would be worth an ask. Thanks
There is a 3rd party launcher issue on Pixels that will some times freeze the UI. It has to do with the use of the recents menu. It has been the bane of my existence on my pixel 6 for 18 months. Didn't used to do it. It could be easily fixed by Google but they won't.
See this comment
As a counterpoint, I've been using Lawnchair on my Pixel 4, 6, and 8, on stock, LineageOS, and GrapheneOS, and never had this happen to me.
Same, with their current 14 beta.
I know It's not FOSS but I love Niagara Launcher maybe give it a shot and if you want to you can just cut off it's internet access
Kvaesito is awesome.
After trying out many different app launchers on f-droid Kvaesito is what I found to be the best. Kvaesito is very good and is what I use it allows you to swipe down and eminently start searching for apps.
My biggest problem with it (and it's a big one) is ocasionally it will just freeze and stop working until I lock the phone and turn it on again. (maybe you won't have this problem just try it out)
Will do. Many people talk about launcher freezing thanks
Yes, there are many options.
I saved a thread a while back when I was looking for a new launcher too.
Iβve been happily using mLauncher. Itβs about as minimal as they come. Iβve got zero on my screens. https://github.com/DroidWorksStudio/mLauncher