▲ 35 ▼ Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers (www.windowslatest.com) submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CultuurMarxist@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (3 children) The numbers already accounted for bots. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children) Classic bots (e.g. standard web crawlers, as used by search engines, that report their both nature inside their user agent) or the modern LLM-controlled bots that control a full modern browser that also runs javascript? Because I can imagine they account for the first category, while missing the latter, which have become increasingly more prominent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) The kind that wants to not appear as a bot is unlikely to send a Linux user agent even if running on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago It doesn't have to be on purpose. Web crawlers like Google's specifically identify themselves as a bot. A headless browser just acts like any normal browser, and uses the same user agent as one, just controlled by code rather than a keyboard and mouse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children) Classic bots (e.g. standard web crawlers, as used by search engines, that report their both nature inside their user agent) or the modern LLM-controlled bots that control a full modern browser that also runs javascript? Because I can imagine they account for the first category, while missing the latter, which have become increasingly more prominent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) The kind that wants to not appear as a bot is unlikely to send a Linux user agent even if running on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago It doesn't have to be on purpose. Web crawlers like Google's specifically identify themselves as a bot. A headless browser just acts like any normal browser, and uses the same user agent as one, just controlled by code rather than a keyboard and mouse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) The kind that wants to not appear as a bot is unlikely to send a Linux user agent even if running on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago It doesn't have to be on purpose. Web crawlers like Google's specifically identify themselves as a bot. A headless browser just acts like any normal browser, and uses the same user agent as one, just controlled by code rather than a keyboard and mouse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago It doesn't have to be on purpose. Web crawlers like Google's specifically identify themselves as a bot. A headless browser just acts like any normal browser, and uses the same user agent as one, just controlled by code rather than a keyboard and mouse. permalink fedilink source parent