Most developers use Windows. [1] The second most popular OS is Linux on Stack Overflow, and some of those may be running Macs.

There are certainly groups where Macs are popular. Startups use a lot of Macs; when I go to a coworking space in Boulder mostly everyone has a Mac. They're super common in cafes as well.

But not everyone uses a Mac. Not everyone likes Macs (myself included).

[1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2017#technology-pl...

I am not sure your reference really contradicts what I was saying; it is talking about what 'platform' do you develop for, not what OS you use to do your development (I mean, AWS is listed as the #4 platform, which is not a desktop OS).

All the servers that run the code I write are Linux machines, so I would say I develop 'for' the Linux platform. However, I use a mac laptop to type that code.

It's listing what technologies are used by developers. I would wager very few use Macs to develop for Windows.

The vast majority of developers out there are using Windows. I would believe the majority of start-up engineers are using Macs, but the world of software development is probably 100x that of "start-up engineers."

And I don't know a developer who develops on a Mac. Seriously, the number is 0. I know a number of artists and designers with them though.

Ahhh, anecdotes.

I was responding to a comment that was clearly anecdotal in nature (the comment uses the phrase "currently appear"), and offered my own anecdote in response. I don't think that is an unreasonable thing to respond with.

Also, you know ZERO developers who use Macs? That seems crazy, or you don't know many developers.

Do you know less than 10 developers or something? Do you code for Microsoft? Do you live in a country where its nearly impossible to get apple products?

or where the income level makes buying Macs prohibitively expensive

You don't know a single iOS or MacOS developer?