• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    You can set it to go back to 2009. Apparently it hit 3% in Q3 2023. And apparently Windows has steadily been trending downward from 95% to 73% since 2009, which is wild to me. I find it hard to believe that that isn’t due to other factors like increased smartphone use over desktops.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      8 months ago

      There’s separate market shares for mobile devices, and combined as well.

      Choosing all platforms we currently get:
      Linux - 1.54%
      Unknown - 2.42%
      OS X - 5.87%
      iOS - 17.82%
      Windows - 27.39%
      Android - 43.74%

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        8 months ago

        I understand that, but if people stop using desktops entirely (because they already have a phone in their pocket), the remaining users might be more likely to be on macOS or Linux for a specific reason.

        I don’t see the methodology on that page so it’s hard to say for sure.

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          8 months ago

          Only if you completely disregard the userland and impound the definition of Linux to the kernel base