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Wild isn't it

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Ok I misread the data but I am leaving this post. I compared Linux desktop share to Firefox all platform share

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 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.