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this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2026
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I like to bash on Windows but MacOS jumping overnight from 5% to 20% is a bit unbelievable
Ok that the MacBook neo sold many units, but I don't think it's this many.
Those stats are aggregated from web visits so IMHO it's ai scrapers faking a MacOS user agent to scrape with less suspicion
I agree, many websites discriminate against linux and most likely give a blind pass to MacOS wouldn't be surprised if scrapers figured this out, and about the MacBook neo first it was made with the lower end of the binned ipad chips, the supply was already low to begin with, MacBook user share is highly inflated in people's perseception compared to reality, Macbooks virtuay don't exist outside of the imperial core
It's the inverse of the OSX curve. Probably an OS update that renamed it.
Probably a combination of user agent spoofing and aggregating mobile browser activity incorrectly