> Of course, StatCounter’s numbers should be read for what they are: web usage statistics, not a direct count of installed operating systems.
I am unclear how one writes that paragraph after saying the numbers are "global desktop OS usage" over and over again. Not to mention the android share of web usage is 0%.
Anecdotal for sure, but microsoft's blunders and erosion of trust are starting to hurt it.
> What methodology is used to calculate Statcounter Global Stats? > Statcounter is a web analytics service. Our tracking code is installed on more than 1 million sites globally. These sites cover various activities and geographic locations. Every month, we record billions of page views to these sites. For each page view, we analyse the browser/operating system/screen resolution used and we establish if the page view is from a mobile device.
I assume they infer the OS and stuff from the User Agent and other stuff in the headers of requests. And I assume scrapers collecting data for AI systems don't include the standard User Agent stuff Statcounter classified when they made their data collection tooling. So my guess would be non-browser-automation style scrapers that are getting around defenses and have header data Statcounter doesn't know how to classify to an OS.
Nevermind. These stats are computed by website visits:
https://gs.statcounter.com/faq#methodology
So I guess web browsers that obfuscate?
The basics haven't changed. There is still little concern for compatibility with Linux. What exists is an ugly band-aid that covers the problem instead of addressing it.
This "feature" alone just keeps on giving to the less technically inclined.
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are you serious?
Could also be an "instead of implementing legally mandated ID verification, we will simply block all traffic from any country that requires it" thing.