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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah there's 3% reported, but what do you think that 3% unknown is? Am I supposed to believe it's all Windows users spoofing their user agent?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I spoof my user agent on Linux and appears as a Windows user to websites. So I'm actually contributing to the Windows stat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Some websites don't work without spoofing as windows

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i guess privacy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

To reduce fingerprinting. Linux still has a relatively small user base.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

some men just want to watch the world burn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'd be cool to spoof a browser to appear as OS/2 running IE6 or so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That would be cool but also will defeat the purpose of not standing out

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No most likely Linux users too. BDS and others