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

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    521·
    3 months ago

    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
      18·
      3 months ago

      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.worldEnglish
        13·
        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.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        3 months ago

        You’re comparing apples and oranges…

        • Firefox (all platforms): 2.74%

        • Linux (all platforms): 1.61%

        • Firefox (desktop): 6.64%

        • Linux (desktop): 4.45%

        You’ve chosen to compare Firefox’s share from all platforms to Linux’s share only on desktop. I don’t know whether this was deliberate misinformation-pushing, or an innocent brainfart/inability to parse data, but that’s not how data is compared.

        Firefox has 50-70% more users than Linux, depending on the platform you use for comparison.

        No matter how you cut it, Firefox is more popular. It’s more popular across all platforms as a whole, and it’s also more popular on desktop.

        And 4.45% of a far smaller number is not greater than 2.74% of a much much larger number.