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From: Nomen Nescio Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,comp.os.linux.advocacy,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,sac.politics,alt.troll Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:144296 comp.os.linux.advocacy:678101 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:190953 sac.politics:206572 alt.troll:3609 In article <1b2b897c6202892b39b5f5e779620cad@dizum.com> ILikeSushiRolls wrote: > > On 23 Nov 2024, -hh posted some > news:vhu5jl$2348d$1@dont-email.me: > > > On 11/23/24 3:18 PM, chrisv wrote: > >> Alan wrote: > >>> Joel wrote: > >>>> Alan wrote: > >>>>> Joel wrote: > >>>>>> Apple is the enemy, to be blunt. > >>>>> > >>>>> In what sense? > >>>>> Who or what are the the enemy OF? > >>>> > >>>> People who like getting value for money. > >> > >> They are a fine value, for some fraction of the market. > >> > >>> The very fact that Apple's customer loyalty is absolutely > >>> outstanding suggests that people think they offer excellent value > >>> for money. > >> > >> Some idiots just don't "get" the need for choice, and that all > >> products that remain viable in a market are, by definition, the "best > >> value" for some fraction the market. > > > > Agreed. By a 'some fraction of the market' metric, marketshare shows > > that on the desktop, Apple provides a healthy amount of choice (and > > value) versus Microsoft. > > > > Its been years since I've even bothered to look these up: > > > > Worldwide marketshares of desktop OSs is 73% Win - 16% Mac > > (remaining 10% is Chrome+Linux+Unknown, roughly evenly split). > > Similarly, for USA, its 62% Win - 25% Mac. > > > > Source: > > >02310-202410> > > > > >rica/#monthly-202310-202410> > > > >> That includes desktop Linux, of course. > > > > Pedantically sure, but at just 4% (& dropped to 4th place overall), > > desktop Linux is pragmatically almost irrelevant. > > Not if your applications are web served, then the desktop platform becomes > irrelevant. There's little difference between Windows and Linux in that > sense. On the flip side, Apple's crappy Safari browser won't work well > with some major CRM platforms and results in Firefox or Chrome > installations just so people can work. GTFO the gun group.