• GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    I suspect it’s a bump due to Windows Recall.

    I don’t believe it that much. It may just be the Steam Deck’s financial success. But everything is possible.

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      3 months ago

      100% switched because of Recall. Been a Linux user on and off for 20 years, windows was my daily driver for the past 5 or so (windows 10 was OK in my mind). Once Recall was announced, I bounced back to Linux. Having Steam popularize gaming on Linux has helped a ton

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      3 months ago

      Maybe not, but, anecdotally, I know of a number of people who have made the switch because of Recall. Steam Deck surely adds to it, but people who have the choice to stop using Windows seem to be doing so.

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        Maybe not, but, anecdotally, I know of a number of people who have made the switch because of Recall.

        Tbh I don’t get it. Wasn’t this feature only on Copilot+ PCs that almost nobody had? Why did so many switch if it wasn’t even confirmed that it’s coming to regular x86 machines? I always find it extremely weird.

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      3 months ago

      Considering this is browser stats I doubt the steam deck has much to do with it, the steam deck is all about never opening anything other than steam.

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      I wasnt thrilled about upgrading to win11 - it adds an irritating layer of stuff that I didnt want or need. The ads and telemetry bugged me too. I was probably going to reluctantly upgrade at some point though.

      But then recall was announced and I realised how much worse it could get. Been really happy with the switch to Linux.

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      3 months ago

      Steam deck alone isn’t much. It’s not even popular in a lot of places in the world. But there are a lot of things happening in the market, and each small factor adds up to a general trend. So, there’s no single factor that we can point that will explain the linux growth in marketshare.