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Reportedly, current desktop OS marketshare[1] is: - 66% Windows - 18% MacOS - 3% Linux Right now, I can't try out Orion as one of the 66%. [1] https://gs.

by sedatk 11mo ago

Reportedly, current desktop OS marketshare[1] is: - 66% Windows - 18% MacOS - 3% Linux Right now, I can't try out Orion as one of the 66%. [1] https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/ https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide...

microtonal 11mo ago
So? Companies are free to choose their markets. For a long time there were a lot of shops that only focused on the Mac.
- sedatk 11mo ago
  Sure, but Kagi isn't a Mac shop; their only source of revenue is subscriptions. Majority of their desktop customers must be Windows users too. So, their prioritization just looks strange to me.
zero0529 11mo ago
I mean they say in the article that the have started on the windows version and are aiming for late 2026
- sedatk 11mo ago
  I know, the prioritization just looks counter-intuitive to me, especially if you make money primarily from subscribers.
  - 0_gravitas 11mo ago
    Well, paying money for consumer apps/services (besides games) has always seemed a bit more normalized in the iOS ecosystem, and I imagine it must be a _somewhat_ simpler interface than the lovecruftian monolith of windows-N saying this as a Linux user, I've never owned an apple device in my life (nor do I want to)
    - sedatk 11mo ago
      AFAIK, you can't pay for Kagi in Apple ecosystem. Users of both platforms have to visit their web page.
  - carlosjobim 11mo ago
    Mac users pay for quality software. Linux users would never pay for anything. Windows users only pay for video games and corporate software if they're a corporation. So that's why boutique software makers always focus on Mac first.
chrisweekly 11mo ago
A large % of desktop Windows installations are on employer-owned/managed hardware. And the % of users who are interested in trying newer alternate browsers and/or care about privacy also skews heavily away from Windows. So it might be more rational than it first seems.
- sedatk 11mo ago
  > A large % of desktop Windows installations are on employer-owned/managed hardware What's a "large %"? > And the % of users who are interested in trying newer alternate browsers and/or care about privacy also skews heavily away from Windows I mean, enterprise users wouldn't try anything new of course, but I don't see the relevance to Windows. Would enterprise Mac users be any more inclined to try new things?
  - chrisweekly 11mo ago
    > "What's a large %?" Perplexity says the share of US desktops managed by employers is estimated in the range of approximately 50-60%... ... and Enterprise Macs in the US represent close to 10% of commercial desktops and laptops. My point stands.

by sedatk 11mo ago

microtonal 11mo ago

So? Companies are free to choose their markets. For a long time there were a lot of shops that only focused on the Mac.

sedatk 11mo ago
Sure, but Kagi isn't a Mac shop; their only source of revenue is subscriptions. Majority of their desktop customers must be Windows users too. So, their prioritization just looks strange to me.

zero0529 11mo ago

I mean they say in the article that the have started on the windows version and are aiming for late 2026

sedatk 11mo ago
I know, the prioritization just looks counter-intuitive to me, especially if you make money primarily from subscribers.
- 0_gravitas 11mo ago
  Well, paying money for consumer apps/services (besides games) has always seemed a bit more normalized in the iOS ecosystem, and I imagine it must be a _somewhat_ simpler interface than the lovecruftian monolith of windows-N saying this as a Linux user, I've never owned an apple device in my life (nor do I want to)
  - sedatk 11mo ago
    AFAIK, you can't pay for Kagi in Apple ecosystem. Users of both platforms have to visit their web page.
- carlosjobim 11mo ago
  Mac users pay for quality software. Linux users would never pay for anything. Windows users only pay for video games and corporate software if they're a corporation. So that's why boutique software makers always focus on Mac first.

chrisweekly 11mo ago

A large % of desktop Windows installations are on employer-owned/managed hardware. And the % of users who are interested in trying newer alternate browsers and/or care about privacy also skews heavily away from Windows. So it might be more rational than it first seems.

sedatk 11mo ago
> A large % of desktop Windows installations are on employer-owned/managed hardware What's a "large %"? > And the % of users who are interested in trying newer alternate browsers and/or care about privacy also skews heavily away from Windows I mean, enterprise users wouldn't try anything new of course, but I don't see the relevance to Windows. Would enterprise Mac users be any more inclined to try new things?
- chrisweekly 11mo ago
  > "What's a large %?" Perplexity says the share of US desktops managed by employers is estimated in the range of approximately 50-60%... ... and Enterprise Macs in the US represent close to 10% of commercial desktops and laptops. My point stands.