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Linux and MacOS are each about 1% of the market, yet this product supports MacOS and excludes Linux. That doesn’t seem like a wise choice. Ordinarily no produ
by hapless 7y ago
Linux and MacOS are each about 1% of the market, yet this product supports MacOS and excludes Linux.
That doesn’t seem like a wise choice.
Ordinarily no product needs to target 1% platforms, but this product specifically seems like its early adopters would naturally be non-Windows desktop users. Cutting off half of that crucial adoption seems ... stupid.
- iamaelephant 7y agoMost articles I can find put MacOS at 9-15%, about 5-8 times greater than Linux.
- onli 7y agoAnd there are way more games available on Linux, plus many more Linux PCs will have a strong graphics card. Probably a smaller market. Add to that the strained relationship between Nvidia and the Linux community and Now not being on Linux is really not surprising. A pity, I was about to test this.
- ksec 7y agoThere are 100M Active users on Mac. Est around 1B PC at Home ( Excluding Business usage ) Both numbers are significantly higher than Linux.
- PascLeRasc 7y agoMacOS users stereotypically have more disposable income (not proving a source for that), and Linux users have a lot more hardware flexibility so they don't need a "gaming PC in the cloud" as much.