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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Ah so that should be pretty accurate then, because the amount of users spoofing their OS is likely fairly low, and I would assume would mostly be Linux users as well, meaning it wouldn’t sell the data as being higher than it is, but rather possibly lower.

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baatliwala@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Also someone who uses Linux is more likely to use adblock and telemetry blocking features. The actual count is definitely slightly higher.

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- LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Does telemetry block that? If you go to a site like this, does it get your OS correct? I figured you’d have to use the spoof features like in Firefox to get it to say something different. (Like telling it your chrome so it doesn’t block your browser on certain pages)
  
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  - baatliwala@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You can get the browser version. But as per OP StatCounter says this
    
    Statcounter is a web analytics service. Our tracking code is installed on more than 1.5 million sites globally.
    
    I am assuming these are some extra js files or external scripts that the website will try to load, it won’t be part of the native website itself. Adblocker will completely prevent those file or websites from loading in the first place.
    
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