ViatorOmnium comments on Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers

Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers (www.windowslatest.com)

submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Are AI crawlers really reporting as Linux though? It would make more sense for them to report Windows or Mac because sites will be less willing to start blocking them based on user agent.

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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

It's very likely default User Agent strings pull from the system they run on.

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago*

Yep. Almost all cloud machines are Linux. Does not mean that desktop market is.

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[–] vanillama@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

Might be a vibecoded docker container or something, but I agree with your skepticism here

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