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[–] 17lifers@sopuli.xyz 44 points 6 days ago (2 children)

that statistic of java running on 3 billion devices is because of j2me phones

[–] who@feddit.org 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if they're counting the SIMs in smartphones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Card

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And that was in 2013. Weren't most of those devices feature phones?

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

iPhone came out on in 2007, smartphones took over pretty fast after that. Motorola Droid in 2009 and Nexus one in early 2010.