If you want attention, support Mac OS X (labs.teppefall.com)

4 points by teppefall 18y ago ↗ HN

I'm not sure if this is just randomness at play, but I develop software that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux and my download statistics are showing some very interesting tendencies.

Almost all the people who download software are Mac users, even though...

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tlrobinson 18y ago ↗

Windows users read my stuff, but almost never download anything. Are they afraid of software?

Perhaps Mac users are more trusting of random software on the internet due to the lack of malware on OS X?

hbien 18y ago ↗

That might be true. My sister just got a new laptop (won it from a raffle) and she refuses to download any software that's not from a major company that she trusts. She's too scared of getting viruses so she just uses it for web apps/sites.