Comment on PSA: Nova Launcher has been owned by analytics company Branch since 2022

niisyth@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have 7.0.58 and also 0 bytes. Once I disabled internet connection for nova completely I got nagging notification about that really fast

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  • theit8514@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had analytics turned on (new phone and didn’t check it before), and the app info only shows 76 kB have been transferred in the past 30 days. Seems pretty reasonable, but I disabled it anyways out of principal.

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  • r_se_random@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How did you manage that? A friend of mine uses the launcher and was unable to find an option for it.

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    • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some phone OSs (definitely GrapheneOS that only works on pixels) will have the option for it.

      Another way is to use something like Tracker Control (installed through F-droid not the info-only one on Google Play) and that let’s you disable internet access for a specific app.

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      • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In my case MIUI has an option to do that as well

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    • v01@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nova settings > advanced > error & usage reporting

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