NetMarketShare ends browser war reports due to Google Chrome changes

guest · Nov 1, 2020

NetMarketShare ends browser war reports due to Google Chrome changes
November 1, 2020
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ser-war-reports-due-to-google-chrome-changes/

NetMarketShare announced on Sunday plans to shut down its public browser share reporting tool, which has been available for more than 14 years.

Net Applications, the owners of NetMarketShare, is widely known for being a provider of usage share statistics for web browsers and operating systems. According to Net Applications, the data provided by NetMarketShare is a primary source in "tens of thousands of articles and publication".
The NetMarketShare website is still active, but starting November 1, Net Application says that it is "retiring NetMarketShare in its current form" and no new monthly stats will be released going forward.
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NetMarketShare is sunsetting the service because of a recent change proposed by Google. On its website, the company stated that Google's proposed "User Agent Client Hints" will break NetMarketShare's device detection technology and it will cause inaccuracies for a long period of time.

Earlier this year, Google announced that it wants to freeze the User-Agent and switch to Client Hints.
Google stated that moving Chrome to a new system will reduce the complexity of updating User-Agent strings and improve the privacy of users.
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Instead of accepting increasing levels of inaccuracy, Net Applications has decided to retire NetMarketShare in its current form.
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NetMarketShare

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
After 14 years of service and being used as a primary source in tens of thousands of articles and publications, we are retiring NetMarketShare in its current form. October, 2020 is the last month of data. All billing for existing accounts has been stopped. All outstanding balances are being refunded.

Why? An upcoming change in browsers (https://github.com/WICG/ua-client-hints) will break our device detection technology and will cause inaccuracies for a long period of time.

In addition, we have focused on bot detection and removal as a key part of the quality control process. It is the most complex part of our codebase. As time has gone on, it has become increasingly difficult to manage this process. So, instead of accepting increasing levels of inaccuracy, we thought it would be a good time to call it a day.
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