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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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I think the reason is much simpler. Browsers on chromeos use a different user agent than when running on linux distros and then it gets counted as a separate category. I don't know for the first source linked, but statcounter uses data from user agent strings.
The point is, if they know its ChromeOS, why don't the put it into the general Linux category? Like all Windows versions are counted as one Windows entry. I mean if Windows 2000 is in the same stats as Windows 11, then you have to include ChromeOS as Linux.
I also wonder if any Steam Deck user browsing in desktop mode had any impact on these data.
I mean they don't have to do anything. Chrome OS is pretty distinct from a typical Linux distro; I prefer having it separated out like this for stats purposes