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According to Pornhub data (yes seriously!) Linux market share in 2024 increased more than 40% relative to 5.1% of all users. (europe.pub)

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Here is all the data for 2024: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2024-year-in-review

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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

This is the monkey's paw Year of the Linux desktop. I know we're wankers but didn't need reminding!

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Would this data get screwed up by VPNs?

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[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

Competitive gooning

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Who is using chromeos for that?

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I don't like YoY share percentage point delta. It's misleading and making it seem like a significant number of Mac users left, although they probably just stagnated while more Windows and Linux users came. I'd rarher see YoY absolute number delta.

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[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago

You saw the comment and verified it. We'll done.

[–] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

When your favorite game cant run on linux you need to find something else to do.

[–] greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

So, Linux doesn't have a general icon and ChromeOS's icon isn't used, what could be an ideal icon/logo for the Linux Kernel, I wonder?

WhatsApp recently pulled support for some older iOS versions and devices, a lot of ppl threw them away and got Androids instead(as they should), I wonder if that's related to iOS's decrease.

[–] Underwire@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Android devices dominate in a lot of countries, especially Asian countries, where our growth in those regions in the last few years has boosted Android’s user base.

I think the decrease is mostly due to this.

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[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (12 children)

Jesus, what’s going on with Android that it’s putting up such high numbers

[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 6 days ago

Anecdotally, I only visit PH on my phone and I use incognito mode sometimes, which I'm just guessing would count as a unique visit. Probably a lot of people are doing the same thing, and globally more people run Android than iOS.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Nice.

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