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Would this data get screwed up by VPNs?
i doubt it. the user-agent is generated by the browser
In Hub we trust.
OS statcounter seems to get to similar numbers, with significant regional differences. Which data source would be more repräsentative and reliable ?
That's all me ur welcome gais
So 2025 is the Linux on mobile year?!! 0.05% !
Windows grew?
More wankers every year.
So what you're saying is that there are more wankers on Linux nowadays!???
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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?
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.
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.
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.
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Even if true, that would only explain the difference for mobile users and not the decrease in mac os use.
No browser uses a different engine yet (presumably because Apple only allows them to offer this in the EU, under draconian conditions).
I was gonna say, I haven’t heard of any rewrites yet, and it is probably GDPR or some similar regulatory compliance.
I don't think third parties engine-based browsers are even available for iOS, given that Apple only allows that for EU users.
Is anyone working at a FOSS and federated alternative to pornhub?
A Foss and federated alternative to onlyfans is more achievable I guess, because pornhub nowadays has to verify the owner of the content.
lemmynsfw.com?
A single instance is not federated by itself. It requires multiple instances to be considered a federation.
Just a little nitpick.
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The problem with the federated model for porn is that it's easier to get away with hosting illegal content.
Using something like PeerTube is potentially even worse because let's say you unknowingly open a video where someone in it looks of age but technically isn't. You as a user help propagate that content while you have it open. You're not just downloading illegal content at that point. You're actively sharing it to new people.
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I feel like the math in this headline is off.
Competitive gooning
I switched from Windows to Linux then went back to Windows cause of mutliplayer games and I'm not sure I'm a fan....like its kinda annoying having to udpate my programs individually.
wdym package manager updates system and apps you just run one command
?
Sudo apt update
Sudo apt upgrade
Voilà
I think they meant they're not a fan of Windows and having to update those programs individually...
Back when I used Windows I used PatchMyPC and made it add a daily task.
It updated most of my programs.
I don geddit
It's a French thing, you had to be there.