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On 11/23/24 3:18 PM, chrisv wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>> Joel wrote:
>>> Alan wrote:
>>>> Joel wrote:
>>>>> Apple is the enemy, to be blunt.
>>>>
>>>> In what sense?
>>>> Who or what are the the enemy OF?
>>>
>>> People who like getting value for money.
> 
> They are a fine value, for some fraction of the market.
> 
>> The very fact that Apple's customer loyalty is absolutely outstanding
>> suggests that people think they offer excellent value for money.
> 
> Some idiots just don't "get" the need for choice, and that all
> products that remain viable in a market are, by definition, the "best
> value" for some fraction the market.

Agreed.  By a 'some fraction of the market' metric, marketshare shows 
that on the desktop, Apple provides a healthy amount of choice (and 
value) versus Microsoft.

Its been years since I've even bothered to look these up:

Worldwide marketshares of desktop OSs is 73% Win - 16% Mac
(remaining 10% is Chrome+Linux+Unknown, roughly evenly split).
Similarly, for USA, its 62% Win - 25% Mac.

Source:
<https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202310-202410>

<https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america/#monthly-202310-202410>

> That includes desktop Linux, of course.

Pedantically sure, but at just 4% (& dropped to 4th place overall), 
desktop Linux is pragmatically almost irrelevant.

-hh