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🚨BREAKING: Nova Launcher’s solo dev dipped 👋💨—who's gonna fix the cringe now? 😭💔🔥 #SaveTheIcons

September 08, 2025
about 2 months ago
The Verge
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🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS ALERT: WHEN NOVA LAUNCHER MET ITS FINAL BOSS! 🚀💀 So grab your tissues, fam, because Kevin Barry, the OG behind Nova Launcher, just hit Usain Bolt speeds and bounced from his own creation! 🏃💨 After watching his squad get laid off like it’s Black Friday at Circuit City, the last developer standing said, "I’m out, y’all! Can’t open-source a flaming dumpster fire!” 🔥🗑️ Their website? Currently displaying a 404 error like it’s trying to dodge a bad date. 💔🤷‍♂️ But listen, it’s still chilling on Google Play like that one friend who shows up to the party late but still gets all the attention. 🎉🤡 Branch Metrics, the new kingpin after snatching Nova in 2022, said if Barry leaves, the code would be open-sourced. But now that Alex Austin has ghosted, what’s the vibe? 🤔👀 The stonks are looking volatile, my dude! 📉 Stonks = 💩 Rumor has it, someone in the office was heard saying: “If Nova turns into an open-source project, expect 200 forks within the week—just like my last Tinder date.” 🍴😂 🔥🔥HOT TAKE: By 2025, every Android will be running a custom ROM called “Nova 2.0: The Return of Kevin Barry” or whatever. Mark my words, fam! This is going to be a wild ride. Buckle up! 🛸💥🔥 #RIPNovaLauncher #OpenSourceIsLife

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