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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Would this data get screwed up by VPNs?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

i doubt it. the user-agent is generated by the browser

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

In Hub we trust.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Now I want to see the usage stats for e621.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

OS statcounter seems to get to similar numbers, with significant regional differences. Which data source would be more repräsentative and reliable ?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

That's all me ur welcome gais

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

So 2025 is the Linux on mobile year?!! 0.05% !

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

More wankers every year.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (4 children)

So what you're saying is that there are more wankers on Linux nowadays!???

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Even if true, that would only explain the difference for mobile users and not the decrease in mac os use.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

No browser uses a different engine yet (presumably because Apple only allows them to offer this in the EU, under draconian conditions).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I was gonna say, I haven’t heard of any rewrites yet, and it is probably GDPR or some similar regulatory compliance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I don't think third parties engine-based browsers are even available for iOS, given that Apple only allows that for EU users.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Is anyone working at a FOSS and federated alternative to pornhub?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

A Foss and federated alternative to onlyfans is more achievable I guess, because pornhub nowadays has to verify the owner of the content.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The problem with the federated model for porn is that it's easier to get away with hosting illegal content.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

I feel like the math in this headline is off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Competitive gooning

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

wdym package manager updates system and apps you just run one command

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

?

Sudo apt update

Sudo apt upgrade

Voilà

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I think they meant they're not a fan of Windows and having to update those programs individually...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Back when I used Windows I used PatchMyPC and made it add a daily task.

It updated most of my programs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

It's a French thing, you had to be there.

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