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It has something like 40% of web traffic now, despite those with desktop PCs being more likely professionals in the field, so normal people simply don't really use a desktop/laptop anymore to browse the web.



I'm not going to say you're wrong, but I can't make sense of your post and it seems contrary to my experience.

> It has something like 40% of web traffic now

I'm not sure what your metric is here so I've assumed volume.

40% of web traffic now is an order of magnitude more traffic than all web traffic a decade ago. I'm not sure how something which has an increased volume and still has 40% of the total pie can be 'dead'. I might buy 'dying' if it was accompanied with more data.

> ...despite those with desktop PCs being more likely professionals in the field...

I'm not sure what you are saying. It seems like you're saying outside of tech, businesses don't use desktops. That does not jibe with my experience. I have seen an increase in POS systems using tablets, but those are primarily replacing cash registers, bespoke POS systems, etc.

> ...so normal people simply don't really use a desktop/laptop anymore to browse the web.

With the exception of the people I know who own a laptop but not a television, it seems that all normal people do with their laptops is browse the web.




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