Comment by torstenvl
4 years ago
> Desktop operating systems like MacOS and Windows belong in corporate, not consumers. They are archaic and still use the file system, which is no longer a thing that consumers need or want. Most people use a tablet and smartphone as their primary computer.
I don't believe most people use a tablet/phone as their primary computer (though maybe their primary web surfing device).
I also don't believe most people want their files on someone else's computer.
Do you have any studies to back up these assertions?
> I don't believe most people use a tablet/phone as their primary computer (though maybe their primary web surfing device).
I may be too pessimistic, but I think most people use little else than browsers and apps to access social networks, mostly from phones and tablets.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/273495/global-shipments-... says about 275 million PCs shipped in 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263441/global-smartphone... 1,280 million smartphones. That’s almost 5 times as many, ignoring about 40 million tablets per quarter (https://www.statista.com/statistics/272070/global-tablet-shi...)
Some of that will be because smartphones last shorter than desktops, but It wouldn’t surprise me if half the smartphone users didn’t even have a desktop PC.
> I also don't believe most people want their files on someone else's computer.
They wouldn't want that if they knew how the cloud works, true. But it seems marketing did a great job at convincing people their new shiny tech product is trustworthy and pure magic.
A lot of people already use their phone/tablet as their "PC". I don't think it'll be the majority in the foreseeable future, but appstores cover a lot of use-cases and are supported by all mainstream services. And for some the smartphone/tablet is the first and maybe only contact with a computer. It runs Fortnite, so what more do you need? ;)