[alemanek]

You don’t know anyone who uses an iPhone to browse the web?

Pretty sure that is where that Safari market share comes from.

[aleph_minus_one]

> You don’t know anyone who uses an iPhone to browse the web?

What you write as a joke is in my opinion not one: when I consider the department hallway in the office where I work at (not tech sector), you will, I think, only find 2 iPhone owners among about 25 people. One of these iPhone owners is the boss, and the other one is a programmer who vocal about not liking Android.

So, depending on your surroundings, it is quite possible that seeing iPhones or iPhone owners is actually a somewhat rare event.

[anomaly_]

You’re in an emerging market I’d guess. iPhones make up 90%+ of the high value mobile user market.

[pwb25]

I work in Germany and I don't know any friend with an iPhone. Of course they exist, but it's a general a disliked phone here for engineers

[JohnFen]

I'm not in an emerging market. I'm in the US. Of all the people I know, only 3 use iPhones. I rarely see them in the wild, either.

My understanding is that iPhone usage varies wildly between regions of the US. I know that when I go to some areas, I see them everywhere and in other areas, almost never.

[aleph_minus_one]

> You’re in an emerging market I’d guess.

You are wrong.

Just today, a colleague boasted that he recently bought a new Samsung Android phone and paid about 1500 euro for it (I guess he bought a Samsung Galaxy S24); this is likely more expensive than an iPhone.

But what I rather wanted to tell with my comment above is depending on your surroundings, it can be a very common situation that iPhone fans/users are a small minority.

[pwb25]

Except for my mother and sister, actually not no. But I meant on a computer

[alemanek]

I know I was meaning that more as a joke but that 18% number is almost certainly PC + Mobile. There is no way desktop Safari has 18% market share. MacOS market share is likely less than 18%