No, Linux didn’t actually hit 10% market share. Blame bots
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Bot-driven distortion in OS usage stats is a reminder that a lot of “market share” charts are now polluted by automated traffic. When you’re making platform bets—developer tooling, app support, QA—anchor on your own telemetry and install base, not headline numbers that may be artifact, not adoption.
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