Linux Phone Penetration by Region
submitted 8 months ago by PuddingFeeling edited 8 months ago
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16514606
- ๐พ๐ช Yemen: 0.4%
- ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone: 0.18%
- ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe: 0.16%
- ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi: 0.16%
- ๐ฐ๐ต Democratic Peopleโs Republic of Korea (North Korea): 0.13%
- ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: 0.1%
- ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana: 0.09%
- ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya: 0.08%
- ๐ฌ๐ฎ Gibraltar: 0.06%
- ๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon: 0.06%
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine: 0.05%
- ๐ฏ๐ช Jersey: 0.04%
- ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia: 0.04%
- ๐ฑ๐ท Liberia: 0.04%
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland: 0.03%
- ๐ Africa: 0.03%
- ๐ North America: 0.02%
- ๐จ๐ฎ Cote Dโivoire: 0.02%
- ๐ง๐ฟ Belize: 0.02%
- ๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso: 0.02%
- ๐ฎ๐ณ India: 0.02%
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany: 0.02%
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic: 0.02%
- ๐ฌ๐ง UK: 0.01%
- ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan: 0.01%
- ๐ Worldwide: 0.01%
- ๐ Europe: 0.01%
Source: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide
I know what they mean, but: I run an immutable Linux distro on my phone that is maintained by Google. I'm sure more than 0.01% of Europe does the same.
I guess "FLOSS phone" doesn't have the same ring to it as "Linux phone"
But AOSP is open source? So that term wouldn't improve on the problem.
I think GNU phones or GNU-like phones is a nice way to put it.
AFAIK yes
Android is not GNU/Linux
Linux is a kernel and android uses the Linux kernel. So not itโs not Gnu/Linux but it is definitely Linux.
Yeah it's Google/Linux
Why the popularity in Yemen? Weird laws or something?
There were some really really cheap mobile phones made specifically for economically disadvantaged countries. India had a few as well.
Additionally Sanctions sometimes play a role - GApps don't work everywhere.
Bad statistics? When the percentages are that low, the polling rates are probably trash, and the error bars are probably huge.
Weird that anyone would think statcounter could have numbers so precise as to make that meaningful. The (slightly) more interesting question is: Out of all the linux/android phones, how many of them have Google Play installed?
Here are some graphs to visualize