@Xeraser @theorytoe @PurpCat @DarkMahesvara @bleedingphoenix unironically. As I was mentioning the other day, Linux usage spiked last year, mostly because of Chromebooks and the Steam Deck.
Most people really only need a browser to do everything they want to in a computer, and they were more willing to learn something new and accept the sofwtare incompatibilities when it had the Google name attached to it. Probably because they were used to Android being different from Windows.