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Discussion on: A Look at Stack Overflow Mobile vs Web Popularity Trends

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Rishabh Gupta

I think comparing trends for different technologies is somewhat not indicative of a platform's popularity. Sure, javascript and web technologies have gained popularity but ios and android haven't dropped.
I'm heavily leaning towards the "answers already exist" and that there are other platforms which are gaining popularity without necessarily hurting previously established platforms. We could mix in .net trends and argue that desktop development is dead but we know it isn't.
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Rishabh Gupta

Since, .net docs have improved a lot and stack overflow is not the only platform to ask questions about .net, which can be said about android too.