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Pixel Launcher to soon allow users to change the default search engine (nitter.woodland.cafe)
submitted 10 months ago by AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world to c/googlepixel@lemmy.world
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Screenshot from the linked tweet of the setting in Android 14 QP2 Beta 3:

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is the reason I'm using Lawnchair at the moment.

[–] MMNT@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't lawnchair dangerous to use since it hasn't been supported for 3 years? Just asking, simply an assumption on my side.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If there's some security vulnerability, perhaps. That said it's not ingesting data from the web. It's ingesting data from me and some of the installed apps. It's not a huge attack surface. I haven't heard of CVEs for Pixel Launcher for example. Doesn't mean there weren't any. With all that said, I'm using the actively developed version.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actively developed? The most recent update I can remember was August 2022

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Look on GitHub. There are daily builds for the actively developed branch. When I checked a few months ago, new features and fixes landed often.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah okay, fair enough. But still, nothing for us users since August 2022

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Again, there are daily builds that can be downloaded straight from GitHub and installed. That's what I'm running. The only significant downside to it is that new builds don't install over old builds so you have to backup/restore via the launcher's settings.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, I think I just didn't understand what you meant.

Where do I find these daily builds though? I'm being extremely oblivious right now

Edit:
Found it, but I'd need to make a Github account to access these debug APKs

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Found it, but I’d need to make a Github account to access these debug APKs

Could be the case. I'm almost always logged in. MS started putting some Github features behind login over the last year.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I only use Lawnchair because of the Arcticons icon pack, it doesn't seem to work with the default trebuchet launcher. At least it didn't last time I checked.

All the other launchers Arcticons supports are either exclusive to the Play Store, or simply not what I like, so Lawnchair it is.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

apart from curiosity, the search bar is the main reason I switched to GrapheneOS on my 7a