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Random thought: Linux has a higher market share than Firefox if stat counter is to be believed (lemmy.zip)
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Wild isn't it

Edit:

Ok I misread the data but I am leaving this post. I compared Linux desktop share to Firefox all platform share

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Statcounter does not say that. This post is straight up misinformation.

  • Firefox (all platforms): 2.74%

  • Linux (all platforms): 1.61%

  • Firefox (desktop): 6.64%

  • Linux (desktop): 4.45%

Firefox has 50-70% more users than Linux.

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is OP adding the Android share to Linux? That would certainly do it.

  • Android (all platforms): 45.19%

Only makes sense if you know their definition of 'Linux' though.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

True, that could be it.

Although then the "Wild isn't it" statement really isn't wild at all - Android is by far and away the most popular OS, not far off double Windows. Of course if you lump that in with Linux, Linux would be more popular than Firefox.

[–] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Thank Gods! Anyone using Linux should be running some version of Firefox.

[–] kenkenken@fedia.io 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right now statcounter shows:

Firefox: 2.74% Linux: 1.61%

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Browsers are mostly identified by user-agent, or not? If so it isn't surprising because people like to fake that. In the least to shut down such silly messages like "please use chrome/edge"

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 39 points 3 months ago

The number of people that do this is not going to even remotely shift the usage share percentage.

[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 10 points 3 months ago

OS is also identified by user agent, so it's no less vulnerable to fake agents. In any case, I'd wager the vast majority of users even on Linux use unaltered agents, though this isn't something that can be backed up one way or another because there are no numbers for fake agents.

[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 7 points 3 months ago

If more than 0.1% of people do that I'd be flabbergasted

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd believe it. I've had hundreds of Linux servers that don't have any desktop Gui at all deployed on them.

Linux desktop users make up an absolutely tiny fraction of Linux installs.

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

I don't think that's what 'market share' is trying to represent, but without any context - yeah. You can lump in android phones and set-top boxes and signage and industrial controllers while you're at it.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In which country? For me the global stats and my country's (NL) stats show otherwise.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

From a very quick glance at Statcounter, I can only see India where OP's statement is true, with Linux having an extremely high desktop market share there relative to other markets.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I never trust stat counters of any kind with linux. I often see stuff like that plastered on my whitelist firewall, like bumper insects on a high speed summer drive through Florida. There is usually some other stat of leet users. That's Linux too. Then there are those times when I change my browser agent just for fun.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

On a random note, I once talked about Firefox with a friend, and he texted me a few weeks later about trying it. More successful than my Linux spreading, although part of it was he used a Surface and having gone through the pain on my Surface Go myself, I wasn’t sure I could impart that suffering to someone else.

[–] letbelight@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Firefox is suffering if one use M365 online daily...

Only Google workspace great on Firefox ootb..

[–] NoiseColor@startrek.website -4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I know the Linux community doesn't want to know, but Firefox is not as belowed as you might think.

[–] kenkenken@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But the majority of distros provides it as a default choice. FF for Linux is like Edge for Windows.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know, because most people are lazy, ignorant and stupid. :)

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Or they just have differente priorities and preferences, you know. THe same reason they use Linux instead of $SOMEOTHEROS.