Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier. Read on!

Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier

      • ropatrick@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        It’s not FOSS though I think? Free and paid tier. Website doesn’t say much about privacy etc. I actually have Lawnchair running silently and almost configured to mirror my Nova home screen but there doesn’t seem to be folders in the app drawer which is a pain, unless I have totally missed it.

        Edit: Indeed, I totally missed it, in the settings. FFS.

          • Specter@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            Well yeah that’s the only way but then you lose the meteorology API which is a shame.

            It sucks because Niagara is easily my favourite launcher, but I can’t afford to have a proprietary app with insane privileges across my device.

            • lyralycan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              1 day ago

              It’s likely the only reason for the privilege is to collect coords to send to the weather API. At least it’s optional, and there are alternative ways to see weather reports, just not on the home screen.

              I tried accessing Google Photos via my phone to handle a couple of things I had active on that account from before. Little fuck refused to let me open the app unless it had unconditional access to all my media.

              • Specter@piefed.socialEnglish
                1·
                16 hours ago

                It didn’t need to request the coordinates, it should allow me to just pick a city in the world from a list and give me the local weather based on that.

                It is a design choice to force you to always stay connected and, in my opinion, is very shady. It’s okay if you wish you assume innocence here, I personally cannot.

        • lyralycan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          1 day ago

          Well it’s a good thing those two URIs can be easily blocked. Besides you can get the app from their Github page (sadly no F-droid repo as closed-source), and pay for Pro (if wanted) via Stripe instead of Google Play. I also had issues migrating Niagara off of Google once I’d connected the two, but an email correspondence with the lead dev Max Rumpf got the issue pleasantly and quickly resolved.