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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A method that attempts to collect data from a randomized or representative population rather than relying on self-report.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The fact that you need consent to get this data would make a randomized approach impossible.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It just may be possible that accurate poll data on such things isn't possible.

[–] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Steam hardware survey but that will skew towards gamers. That said, it would be a good indicator on how compatible Wayland is.

[–] crater2150@feddit.de 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Steam hardware survey will skew towards whatever it is the Steamdeck uses in the surveyed categories.

[–] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 1 points 6 months ago
[–] biribiri11@lemmy.ml -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Could always go for opt-out instead opt-in metrics. Fedora had some recent controversy with it.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

canonical has been doing this for years too, and a significant portion of linux users are on ubuntu. i'm not sure if a good portion of users enable it though.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah, this is pretty textbook selection bias.