bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWindows has taken a significant drop over the years, going from being used by over 90% of people to being dropped down to under 60%programming.devimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down136
arrow-up1278arrow-down1imageWindows has taken a significant drop over the years, going from being used by over 90% of people to being dropped down to under 60%programming.devbytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square71linkfedilink
minus-squareanothermember@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoThis chart is for desktops, I imagine most bots aren’t running on desktops, right? So if it’s counting bots the methodology is wrong.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·4 days agoThey use desktop user agents if they don’t identify themselves with a known bot tag
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 days agoYeah, most bots purpose is to spoof what machine and browser they are using for access. So while the many bots are supposed to be spoofing Windows and such, who knows what percentages are getting detected as not. We don’t have the data
This chart is for desktops, I imagine most bots aren’t running on desktops, right? So if it’s counting bots the methodology is wrong.
They use desktop user agents if they don’t identify themselves with a known bot tag
Yeah, most bots purpose is to spoof what machine and browser they are using for access. So while the many bots are supposed to be spoofing Windows and such, who knows what percentages are getting detected as not. We don’t have the data