Comment on Android’s most beloved launcher may be done for good

themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• can@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Read a bit further:

  Two years later, Kevin Barry left Branch and is no longer involved in Nova’s development. In his announcement, Barry revealed that he had been the sole developer for the past year, spending recent months preparing to open source Nova Launcher and clean up its codebase. However, Branch ultimately asked him to stop both development and his open-sourcing efforts.

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  • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, I read it. But they still promised open source, nothing about Barry working on it or not.

    That’s why I said “keeping their promise”

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Perhaps I’m cynical, but I’m a little amazed you found Lemmy yet remain this optimistic about corporations.

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    • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The fact that the company forced him to stop getting ready to open source it strongly suggests they aren’t interested in it being open sourced.

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      • laurelraven@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Also, don’t ever trust companies to do anything they promised with the clear intent to garner good will, especially if the promise is years away

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• noodlejetski@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  https://teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.html

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  • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Big unlucky.

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• Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you being sarcastic?

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  • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, that wasnt intended.

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    • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Austin is the CEO of a spyware company, while these days it’s not seen this way, it’s not too far from being a leader of a criminal organization (in my humble opinion).

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