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    A method that attempts to collect data from a randomized or representative population rather than relying on self-report.

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      The fact that you need consent to get this data would make a randomized approach impossible.

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        Yes. It just may be possible that accurate poll data on such things isn’t possible.

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          Steam hardware survey but that will skew towards gamers. That said, it would be a good indicator on how compatible Wayland is.

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            The Steam hardware survey will skew towards whatever it is the Steamdeck uses in the surveyed categories.

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        Could always go for opt-out instead opt-in metrics. Fedora had some recent controversy with it.

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          canonical has been doing this for years too, and a significant portion of linux users are on ubuntu. i’m not sure if a good portion of users enable it though.

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      Yeah, this is pretty textbook selection bias.