XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2026-01-13 14:29, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:54:46 -0500, -hh wrote:
>
>> On 1/13/26 14:46, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> If you take Steam usage as a proxy for market share, then macOS has
>>> long been left in the dust by Linux.
>>
>> Steam isn't required to run Microsoft Office, Adobe, etc.
>
> Given how minuscule Adobe’s market share is, I would say that is an
> even less useful proxy for overall market share.
You're kidding, right?
>
>> Effectively, Steam is a platform for PC based gaming. For all of those
>> PCs which aren't used for games, Steam's OS shares are irrelevant.
>
> Nevertheless, if you’re trying to argue that the proportion of Mac
> users running Steam is less than that for desktop Linux users, then
> you’re trying to argue that Mac users are less fun-loving than desktop
> Linux users. Do you think that’s a credible argument?
One doesn't follow from the other.
Try again.
>
>> With reportedly ~100M active Mac users ...
>
> That’s pretty unlikely. That could only happen if Mac users are
> keeping their machines in use for, say, an average of a decade. Given
> how short Apple’s backward-compatibility window is, they would have to
> demonstrate a stubbornness and an independence of mind which is not at
> all characteristic of Mac users.
I love your utterly unjustified belief in your own wonderfulness!
>
>> ... and 2.18% of them on Steam per your cite ...
>
> Basic arithmetic trouble? That’s 2.18% of Steam users being on macOS,
> not 2.18% of macOS users being on Steam.
>
> The most reasonable conclusion doesn’t change: macOS market share
> has declined to well below that of desktop Linux.
Nope. That is not a reasonable conclusion at all.
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