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Re:Testing Microsoft's Windows Dev Kit 2023 by neogodless on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:56AM (#33453007)
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share

Android 42%

Windows 30%

iOS 18%

> everyone uses a web interface

Can you provide some global statistics for this claim? I don't believe it's accurate, but I don't have a good way to measure or disprove it.

Re:Testing Microsoft's Windows Dev Kit 2023 by Kukumber on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:26PM (#33453459)
It's clear in that graph

Look around you, look what tech companies uses to make their products (hint: electron)

Microsoft moving their Office suite to the web should give you an indication where they want to take Windows, due to new usages

Global market share is a fake metric, what grandma's PC from 2006 has to do with todays usages?

It's true for everything, gaming, music, video, even art [1]

"Photoshop's journey to the web"

[1] - https://web.dev/ps-on-the-web/

Re:Testing Microsoft's Windows Dev Kit 2023 by mynameisvlad on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:36PM (#33453612)
> what grandma's PC from 2006 has to do with todays usages?

I mean, grandma clearly uses her PC for it to be included in a global market share, so why do you think her use should be discounted?

Even if her usage is considered "niche" (debatable as that is), it doesn't mean it shouldn't be included.

Re:Testing Microsoft's Windows Dev Kit 2023 by hota_mazi on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:46PM (#33453765)
OP debunks your claims with solid statistics and the best way you can respond is "Look around you"?

You fandom for all things Apple make you a bit blind to reality, I suggest you look at things with more nuance and actually document yourself with actual numbers. You might be surprised by what you find.

Re:Testing Microsoft's Windows Dev Kit 2023 by Kukumber on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:03PM (#33453109)
windows has 0 market value, most of the usage comes from zombie machines

it even dropped in revenue in their latest report

https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-msft-q1-earnings-repo...

Re:Testing Microsoft's Windows Dev Kit 2023 by bilekas on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:15PM (#33453293)
> windows has 0 market value, most of the usage comes from zombie machines

Have you ever worked in an enterprise environment ?

Re:Testing Microsoft's Windows Dev Kit 2023 by scarface74 on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:55AM (#33462713)
And where are the most affluent users? Do you think Google would be paying Apple 18B+ a year to be the default search engine if the 18% of mobile users weren’t valuable?