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by Kukumber 1320 days ago
It's clear in that graph

Look around you, look what tech companies uses to make their products (hint: electron)

Microsoft moving their Office suite to the web should give you an indication where they want to take Windows, due to new usages

Global market share is a fake metric, what grandma's PC from 2006 has to do with todays usages?

It's true for everything, gaming, music, video, even art [1]

"Photoshop's journey to the web"

[1] - https://web.dev/ps-on-the-web/
2 comments
hota_mazi 1320 days ago
OP debunks your claims with solid statistics and the best way you can respond is "Look around you"?

You fandom for all things Apple make you a bit blind to reality, I suggest you look at things with more nuance and actually document yourself with actual numbers. You might be surprised by what you find.

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cooldown_00001 1320 days ago
debunk what? number of people visiting that weird website that includes `gs.statcounter` javascript tracker?

can we stop with macOS vs windows, it's clearly not the point

that was in response to:

> Comparing this to an M1 Mini is a bit odd since they're not competing with each other at all

to that it started with the evolution of the usages and why the OS/Machine no longer matter since the products target them all

so again, comparing both makes perfect sense

the people who add value, are using certain kind of devices

why did microsoft invest into Teams web interface first, and more than their native counterpart?

why was zoom the most popular product (it's a webapp), for visio conference, despite skype existing for years during the pandemic?

why is adobe investing into porting photoshop to the web?

why is microsoft investing into cloud gaming?

you have to filter out the noise if you want to have a proper analysis, and to properly project

when one say look around, it's not looking at your neighborhood, it's about looking at other stats/metrics

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mynameisvlad 1320 days ago
> what grandma's PC from 2006 has to do with todays usages?

I mean, grandma clearly uses her PC for it to be included in a global market share, so why do you think her use should be discounted?

Even if her usage is considered "niche" (debatable as that is), it doesn't mean it shouldn't be included.

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