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[–] procapra@lemmy.ml 23 points 13 hours ago

Linux users are gooners confirmed.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 25 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Do you guys realize how much 40% actually is in a single year? That's crazy. Don't just look at the 5.1%.

I'm sure it's heavily influenced by the Steam Deck, it being a great device for porn and all, but still.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

It does correlate with the numbers Steam released a few days or weeks ago.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Windows 11 not installing on "older" machines is big too.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 12 hours ago

We really need to thank Microsoft. They're pushing a LOT of people to try out the free stuff.

[–] HouseWolf@pawb.social 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Now I want to see the usage stats for e621.

[–] fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

You wouldn't be surprised :3

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

If they're anything like me, it's the old laptop that you'd install Linux on as an experiment.

And maybe that laptop was only ah... Semi-retired at the time.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 16 points 18 hours ago

That's all me ur welcome gais

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

So what you're saying is that there are more wankers on Linux nowadays!???

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[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 22 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I am very suspicious of the -26% Apple marketshare. It makes me feel like there's more to this than it seems at first. There's no way 26% of Apple users stopped using Apple devices within a year.

Edit: maybe it could be caused by a large user base increase that shifted the demographics, but this fast? And the PornHub bans across US states started only this year for the most part if I'm not mistaken, so it shouldn't affect this data?

[–] Agosagror@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 15 hours ago

They said in the report that they have grown marketshare in Asia and Africa, as less people use apple in those regions the percentage dropped.

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 17 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

2024 was the release of iOS 17.4, when Apple allowed third party browsers to use their own engine instead of WebKit/Safari as a layer beneath. So it could very well be that Firefox Mobile and Chrome Mobile on iOS don’t get registered as iOS Device in this survey due to their user agent.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 18 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

No browser uses a different engine yet (presumably because Apple only allows them to offer this in the EU, under draconian conditions).

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[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is only for iOS and the user agent will still report the OS as iOS. For macOS it was always possible to run third party web engines.

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago

But we don‘t know how pornhub analyzes their data. All the other statistics don‘t support their statistic.

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[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

In Hub we trust.

[–] josefo@leminal.space 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I have ph blocked at dns level, what genres our fellow Linux friend enjoy? There is a difference with other os?

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[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Would this data get screwed up by VPNs?

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 15 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

i doubt it. the user-agent is generated by the browser

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