Nova Launcher has been acquired by analytics company Branch
www.androidpolice.com
Hopefully, this isn’t the end of an era for Android launchers

Since a few folks seem unaware of this, I’m posting anew for visibility.

    • 9488fcea02a9English
      31·
      8 months ago

      To be fair, i paid like $3, 10 years ago… So, not a great revenue stream for the developer

      Obviously selling to an ad company is not good, but i’m not sure what the alternative is in a world where everyone expects everything for free

      • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
        25·
        8 months ago

        So, not a great revenue stream for the developer

        For context Nova Prime has over 5+ million paying users, and it’s $6 when I check the Play Store.

        The dev was just a single guy, who later hired someone to help with support and artwork. But if $30 million in revenue wasn’t good enough, I’m not sure what else you could expect.

        • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zipEnglish
          13·
          8 months ago

          while still a lot of money, keep in mind, a decent amount of those downloads was bought on sale. in my own personal context, i only had bought it when it was 1$

          • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
            14·
            8 months ago

            For sure, fair point. But we’re still talking millions, and far more than the guy was making at his previous, full-time job. In an interview, he said all he needed was $100 / day in sales to quit his full-time job… obviously, he exceeded that. LOL

            • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zipEnglish
              7·
              8 months ago

              hence why i mentioned it was still a lot of money just liekly not on that magnitude given both price cut sales and googles 30% cut of sales.

              at bare minimum, the dev has at least made 5 million probably post taxes for sure.

        • 9488fcea02a9English
          7·
          8 months ago

          Had no idea about the user base numbers. I withdraw my objections lol