Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix1lfeq wrote on November 20, 2022 at 1:11 AM

Reply to comment by st4n13l in [OC] Global operating systems usage market in 2022. by Disastrous-Focus1958

People use tablets and ARM laptops to do desktop work. Office is for Android and iOS, so they are included there.

alexforencich t1_ix3060w wrote on November 20, 2022 at 10:18 AM

Tablets are tablets, not desktops.

ShopObjective t1_ix64nai wrote on November 21, 2022 at 1:03 AM

It doesn't paint the whole picture but you could've used Steam stats to gather better desktop data.

96.5% Windows
2.23% Mac
1.28% Linux

Disastrous-Focus1958 OP t1_ix64zt4 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 1:06 AM

Thanks for the suggestion, however Steam only collects information from people who use the platform. Not all desktops are used to play games or have programs associated with their launcher.

st4n13l t1_ix3byoq wrote on November 20, 2022 at 12:53 PM

Even if that were your logic for including them, there's no indication that you excluded smartphones from those totals.

Furthermore, that logic would imply we should include servers in the totals as well but you have said those are excluded because this only looks at desktops. At least be consistent in your logic.