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Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers
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Just note how the guy starts with "only Microsoft numbers can be trusted" is biased bullshit. Pretending a company will give true numbers at all time, is a big lie. If anything they will inflate numbers and they'd try to hide the truth as much as they can because investors are watching.
While there will be truth in bots taking a part of the traffic, the whole article is Microsoft bootlicker talk.
Taking another random tool that seems to filter bot for results is just him trying to get a confirmation for his bias.
Yes a 10% stat at a given time by a given measurement tool, is not equal to a true 10% userbase. Yes there are bots. Yes there are Linux and Windows zombies alike.
Still, linux desktop is going up, with a fraction of the marketing power Windows and Apple have.
This isn't entirely true. Linux is getting a lot of help from Microsoft.
They say every million in Microsoft ad spend is a quarter point in Linux desktop share.
To be fair...
This is 'windowslatest.com'.
Totally agree with you, but... the bias ... was foreshadowed, lol.
FWIW this website is always like this, every article I've read from latest feels like it came from the MS PR desk.
I wonder why that could be, rofl!
Surely MSFT would always be clear, transparent, and forthright with the public, ahahahaha!
Trust that Microsoft will give true numbers, wink wink
I would argue misquoting someone to fit your argument is more a egregious example of "biased bullshit".
This is literally true. They're not saying they WILL tell you the accurate numbers, they're saying only they have those numbers to tell.
I own 6 Windows Professional licenses. I am presently using two. You really think Microsoft are the ones to trust?
Having numbers others don't doesn't make those numbers useful or true in every context.
No. No one is telling anyone to "trust Microsoft", no one is saying "the numbers Microsoft reports are true". That is a quote the guy above invented from thin air.
Edit: but for the record, it would be lawsuit territory for MSFT to actually publish false numbers. The shareholders would absolutely ream them. They're allowed to not post numbers, but they're not allowed to post false numbers.
They don't have to publish false numbers. Just keep vague which numbers they are posting. "Total active licenses" was what I referenced earlier.