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Same. If I care about a browser being > ● Privacy-oriented: zero behavior tracking, zero telemetry > ● Lightning-fast startup time > ● Tiny binary size > ● Low

Same. If I care about a browser being > ● Privacy-oriented: zero behavior tracking, zero telemetry > ● Lightning-fast startup time > ● Tiny binary size > ● Low RAM usage why would I use an OS that’s the opposite of all of these? In particular, why would I trust a proprietary application to be “privacy-oriented”?

R0b0t1 6y ago
The prosumer market is huge and mostly Windows. Most dev work is still mostly Windows (I think). HN is an anomaly.
- boogies 6y ago
  45.8% of respondents used primarily Windows on the 2020 Stack Overflow survey https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-developers-primary-operating-systems https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-de.... I’d guess that’s less than 45% of dev work, including a lot of less experienced or productive devs (~20% of the respondents weren’t professional devs https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#work-employment-status https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#work-employme...). Linux is the most loved platform and wanted “OS”, and Windows is the most dreaded OS except Android by 0.4%. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-platforms https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-mo...
- arghwhat 6y ago
  HN is pretty average. Windows is less than half for devs (but is still the largest OS share). However, as is expected, those chosing to go out of their way to change their machines would naturally be more vocal than those that are indifferent to what it runs.
  - R0b0t1 6y ago
    Well, someone in this comment tree linked stats, but I think those stats and the stats most people that visit this site come up with via observation understate how many boring jobs there are in e.g. fortune 5000 companies doing Windows-centric work.
    - arghwhat 6y ago
      There will always be bias in stats, but the numbers are from SO surveys - I don't think SO is going to have "boring" Windows-centric development underrepresented. I'd assume the contrary.
  - fomine3 6y ago
    > HN is pretty average. Maybe on SF.

R0b0t1 6y ago

The prosumer market is huge and mostly Windows. Most dev work is still mostly Windows (I think). HN is an anomaly.

boogies 6y ago
45.8% of respondents used primarily Windows on the 2020 Stack Overflow survey https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-developers-primary-operating-systems https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-de.... I’d guess that’s less than 45% of dev work, including a lot of less experienced or productive devs (~20% of the respondents weren’t professional devs https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#work-employment-status https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#work-employme...). Linux is the most loved platform and wanted “OS”, and Windows is the most dreaded OS except Android by 0.4%. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-platforms https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-mo...
arghwhat 6y ago
HN is pretty average. Windows is less than half for devs (but is still the largest OS share). However, as is expected, those chosing to go out of their way to change their machines would naturally be more vocal than those that are indifferent to what it runs.
- R0b0t1 6y ago
  Well, someone in this comment tree linked stats, but I think those stats and the stats most people that visit this site come up with via observation understate how many boring jobs there are in e.g. fortune 5000 companies doing Windows-centric work.
  - arghwhat 6y ago
    There will always be bias in stats, but the numbers are from SO surveys - I don't think SO is going to have "boring" Windows-centric development underrepresented. I'd assume the contrary.
- fomine3 6y ago
  > HN is pretty average. Maybe on SF.