• joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’m super confused by your point.

    In this case we’re looking at Steam.

    I have no clue how many people submit to the steam survey, but I’ll assume it’s representative.

    A quick google suggests steam has about 120 million active users.

    Linux went from about 1.4% to 1.9%.

    Rough math says Linux went from 1.7 million to about 2.3 million.

    Or an increase of 600 000.

    That a lot, both in relative terms and in real terms.

    Here’s a counter example for you.

    You own stock in banana company. Over one day the price increases 2x. All the news agency’s are talking about how banana surged in price today. Will you then suggest that banana didn’t surge in price because it only makes up 1% of the overall stock market?