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Kevin Barry, the founder and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left Branch Metrics, raising concerns about the launcher’s future and potential open-sourcing, as community efforts and petitions advocate for its release to the public.
A former executive at Samsung Electronics' venture capital arm testified in an antitrust trial against Google, stating that pressure from Google prevented the expansion of mobile app developer Branch Metrics' software offering in Samsung smartphones. The executive claimed that Google's complaints led Branch to eliminate certain functions and ensure that its searches remained within apps and never linked to the web. The trial aims to demonstrate that Google abused its search monopoly, with allegations that it pays smartphone makers like Samsung billions of dollars to maintain its software as the default option.