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> (As an Android user, I do think it's strange to pay $15 for the home screen when the whole OS is free.)

Why should the value of an application have anything to do with the price of the operating system that hosts it? Why not apply the same reasoning to the hardware you run it on?

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Because the OS already includes a home screen. When CyanogenMod ships with a processor, I'll be upset about paying for that, too. I'm not holding my breath, however.

Writing a launcher takes work. I don't think it's ever strange to expect payment in return. Just because Google wrote a launcher at some point in the past doesn't mean that all future programmer's work in that area should be released for free.

I happen to think this particular launcher is a gimmick, but it's clear that they put work into it and that it's very different than what Google ships.

Cyanogen uses ADWLauncher, not the one that Google provides :)

> Because the OS already includes a home screen.

Right, but if you are looking for a different one it means that you need/want something different than what's provided and satisfying your need surely must have some value to you.

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