Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 5 months agoLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansandroid@lemmy.worldlineageos@lemmy.mlandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1477arrow-down1external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comBlaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square102fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansandroid@lemmy.worldlineageos@lemmy.mlandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareevo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·5 months agoIs that supposed to be a lot? Whenever Google kills a feature used by <1% people always cite that is still over a million people. But nobody looks at the reverse. 1.5 million Lineage users doesn’t even make up a tenth of a single percent of Android overall.
minus-squarenasi_goreng@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·5 months agoFor an OS that you need to install manually, it’s definitely a lot.
minus-squarelaughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoWhy compare it to the greater ecosystem? “Hey, a million people started drinking coffee with pea milk that they made themselves.” “Is this supposed to be a lot? Pffft, regular milk drinkers are in the billions!” Who cares. Plus, Google killing a feature that is used “by a million people,” even if it’s <1%, is fucked up. That’s three Icelands.
Is that supposed to be a lot?
Whenever Google kills a feature used by <1% people always cite that is still over a million people. But nobody looks at the reverse. 1.5 million Lineage users doesn’t even make up a tenth of a single percent of Android overall.
For an OS that you need to install manually, it’s definitely a lot.
Why compare it to the greater ecosystem?
“Hey, a million people started drinking coffee with pea milk that they made themselves.”
“Is this supposed to be a lot? Pffft, regular milk drinkers are in the billions!”
Who cares.
Plus, Google killing a feature that is used “by a million people,” even if it’s <1%, is fucked up. That’s three Icelands.