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Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by roflharrison on Sunday November 03, 2013 @11:57AM (#6663895)
Arstechnia hasn't done enough research.

You can (and I have) fetch the new Launcher from AOSP, compile it and run it very easily as a separate application. The Google Experience Launcher is a closed source Google app based on this which integrates Google Now.

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Laun...

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Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by ferongr on Sunday November 03, 2013 @12:16PM (#6664000)
>which integrates Google Now

I now know which app I'm ditching once I get a 4.4 device.

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Re:The Quest to Build a Truly Free Version of Android by roflharrison on Sunday November 03, 2013 @12:48PM (#6664152)
Fair enough.

I'm a huge fan of Google Now so hopefully I can continue to use it if I decide to switch to a custom launcher.

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