Blaze (he/him) to [email protected]English • 2 years agoLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1487cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1487external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comBlaze (he/him) to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square102fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 years 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•2 years agoFor an OS that you need to install manually, it’s definitely a lot.
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.
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.
For an OS that you need to install manually, it’s definitely a lot.