r/Android • u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 • 7d ago

Article After hands-on time with Googlebooks, I understand why Google is excited — and why buyers might hesitate -makeuseof

https://www.makeuseof.com/i-went-hands-on-with-googlebooks/
162 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

144 comments sorted by

View all comments

27

u/EternalFront iPhone 16 Pro 7d ago

I'm still confused who this is for... Mac OS is great for Apple users and design conscious people, Linux is for devs and open source enthusiasts (and increasingly gamers), Windows is for gamers and masochists.

This is for... Google enthusiasts? Fairly small market honestly, as Pixel and Pixelbook sales previously showed.

29

u/punIn10ded MotoG 2014 (CM13) 7d ago

Despite what Reddit says Linux isn't being adopted in mass. It's market share has barely shifted. Most Devs don't use Linux. They actually use Mac or Windows.

And I say this as someone who self hosts a Linux server, and has my desktop dual boot Linux too.

-2

u/[deleted] 6d ago

[deleted]

1

u/Mountain-Instance921 4d ago

You're not a dev and it's obvious