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[โ€“] kadup@lemmy.world 63 points 5 days ago (15 children)

Mobile is the key here. Linux and Mac aren't responsible for these numbers.

Ask the SEO guy at any company what's the current divide between mobile and desktop visits to their site.

[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Mobile is the key here.

Wait, does Microsoft still have a mobile OS??

[โ€“] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Young people no longer own computers. They only use their phone. For everything. As an employer of young people the only computer they may have ever used is at school a Chromebook which they gave back when they graduated. If they aren't in school they simply will never own a PC or mac again.

[โ€“] njordomir@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is so whack. I don't get it, but it strikes me as true for many people 5-10 years younger than me. I'm the opposite. I want to use my desktop for everything and I'd sooner use a dumbphone/laptop combo than a smartphone with no computer. One thing I will never do on a phone is game. Sure, snake in the doctors office is one thing, but mobile gaming is so trash and scammy and bullshit that I just can't have any fun.

[โ€“] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Again I would like to clarify these are people who don't continue further education after high school. Many have access to their parents computers but simply don't use it or realistically know how or care.

People tend to think everyone is like everyone they know. All my friends PC game. All my friends have computers. There's large swaths of people in different social circles where console and mobile gaming is all they do. Hell many of my young people barely have email. They only look in email if we force them to for onboarding documents

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