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What is it with r/pcmasterrace and anti-Linuxism? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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https://redd.it/v8l8vi

These people keep bringing up "mArKeT sHaRE"

  1. Linux is free. How would it get market share?
  2. It's quite difficult to get an accurate "market share" since user-agents can be faked.

EDIT: I wonder if Microsoft are making anti-Linux accounts to try and hamper Linux.

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[–] 20 points 4 years ago*

Linux is free. How would it get market share?

Not all Linux distributions are free. A market share can also be taken by a product which is free. It's just a piece of the market.

You don't count OS market share by the amount of money you spent for an OS (because then, MacOS would be free, since it's technically given away bundled with Apple hardware) but by the number of installs.

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