How many people use Ubuntu Touch? [Solved]

Opolork · 6 Jun 2020, 14:21

Hi.

Is it known how many times the UBports installer was downloaded from https://ubuntu-touch.io/get-ut? Could an estimate be extrapolated from this on the amount of Ubuntu Touch users?

Thanks.

advocatux · 24 Jun 2019, 14:42

@Opolork I don't think that would help to get an estimation. Some people don't use the installer at all, some others use the same installer version for multiple installations.

wangqinfeng · 24 Jun 2019, 15:06

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advocatux · 24 Jun 2019, 15:09

@wangqinfeng English only, please. You were warned (https://forums.ubports.com/post/20729) and that's why I removed your post. Thank you for your understanding

flohack · 24 Jun 2019, 17:35

Hi,

I dont think we can make an estimation based on downloads. We could make one by seeing how often our core image has been downloaded, but then still we would need to add some kind of unique token to make the number more precise. Since we do not want to store any data that can be used to identify individual users, as much as possible, we won´t go that way.

So the answer is: We don´t know. It will be a few thousand maybe, probably not more than 5.000, as daily drivers. But it´s just my wild guess

BR

Opolork · 24 Jun 2019, 18:57

@Flohack Cheers Florian. That number seems rather low. Hopefully it booms one day.

flohack · 24 Jun 2019, 19:58

@Opolork Yeah its low. But the main reason is that we do not support newer devices. Once that is cleared, we will see more users.

nnn · 25 Jun 2019, 07:45

Great that we have an OS / System which do not grab identity as much as possible.

Instead of thinking of "How many people use UT", we shall (all) start concentrating on "The People who wanted to migrate to UT" based on PRIVACY and other exclusive features of UT.

WLBI · 25 Jun 2019, 10:05

@Flohack said in How many people use Ubuntu Touch?:

@Opolork Yeah its low. But the main reason is that we do not support newer devices. Once that is cleared, we will see more users.

Exact, that's one of my reasons, why I am not using Ubuntu on my Smartphone anymore.
I don't like to bring always two phones with me. One UBports and one with power and good hardware.

libremax · 25 Jun 2019, 11:51

@Flohack said in How many people use Ubuntu Touch?:

@Opolork Yeah its low. But the main reason is that we do not support newer devices.

The problem is rather and above all that UT does not support some cheap (50-200 €) and purchasable devices in new condition as there are hundreds of models for android.

Many people do not like to buy second-hand electronic equipment because of uncertainty about the state of operation and durability.

Fortunately pinephone should be a big step in the right direction.

cj_c · 2 Jul 2019, 17:13

@libremax

In the UK there are still unused Nexus 5 phones available for about £100.

libremax · 2 Jul 2019, 17:13

@cj_c Yes, it is, (very few items though), thanks for reminding it.

But it's still very little visible to most people. And also, it's shipping from Hong Kong, for free, delivery estimated "between Fri. 19 Jul. and Fri. 30 Aug".
Otherwise, £24.90 more and still not very soon, delivery "Estimated between Mon. 15 Jul. and Wed. 31 Jul".

A Former User · 13 Jul 2019, 06:35

It does seem to me though that there is a steady stream of people asking for help with porting devices... Perhaps that seems like a negative thing - UT is a struggle to get working for some - but on the other hand it shows that a significant number of people are interested enough to give it a go.