I'm not sure how accurate StatCounter is, given that most Linux users use adblockers. However, according to it, Linux has almost a 14% desktop share in India.
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Probably because it has to compete with piracy there, not with Microsoft and Adobe and such.
ironically enough i think microsoft (at least until very recently) has had a very lenient stance on piracy exactly because of this
piracy is the key to the consumer market in developing countries, consumer market is the key to enterprise (where the actual money lies)
I remember switching to linux because windows was shit and because I was afraid of getting caught using pirated warez. Is there no fear of that there?
If India is anything like my country (Brazil), corruption is rampant and enforcement outside business environments is pretty much non-existent, so, no, no one is afraid of piracy for domestic use. We used to have street vendors and booths on strip malls selling all kinds of warez on CD/DVD. The only reason they're not around anymore is because internet speeds here are already good enough that downloading is easier. And no, no one will cut you connection because of it, our congress already approved laws saying that access to digital communication is a civic right.
Nice! So it's pirate heaven in Brazil?