Correct me if I’m misunderstanding something, but I think you can still control Nova’s permissions through your phone’s App Permissions manager just like any other app. I didn’t allow Nova any permissions even before they were acquired, and I certainly don’t now. Does that help with your very valid privacy concerns?

I resonate with your sentiment against minimal launchers and in favor of FOSS apps. I’ve tried a few and haven’t found any I like.

I like Nova launcher, personally.

Just in case you want advice, I’ve found that using a custom launcher app solves that problem for me. I spend an hour setting up the interface exactly how I like it, then never change it again. When I get a new phone, I load the launcher settings from the last phone into the new one, and everything looks and feels exactly like I had it before.

Fact check: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTeovUU/

I see both the beauty and impressiveness in the skill development to talk and interrupt well in conversations. The effort put into adapting oneself is commendable, and the joy of contributing to conversations is evident. However, that’s where the narrative seems to conclude.

Initially, a friend points out a truth: the narrator “‘shouldn’t talk more. Everyone else should talk less.’ Possibly true.” But this change doesn’t occur. The narrator helps their partner feel less lonely, yet the partner doesn’t learn to know them in their quiet moments. The narrator masters the art of lively conversation, but doesn’t impart their wisdom. It’s not an ideal resolution.

I really like when people pause mid-sentence, searching for the next word. Efforts to minimize this trait are like Beethoven shortening his fifth symphony by removing rests - an essential part of its charm.

“LOV3” by Raine Stern got that tism rizz