Hackmii News - The scope of Homebrew Channel
News from http://hackmii.com/2010/08/the-scope...ebrew-channel/
We have always known that HBC is widely used. We’ve had some idea of how many downloads have been completed, and by sorting on unique IPs we could get an idea of the overall distribution.
Since the release of HBC 1.0.7 (also covering 1.0.8) we have added anonymous usage statistics via your HBC’s User Agent header field. This allows us to more accurately see how many active Homebrew Channel installations exist in the wild. We would like to share these statistics with you.
To calm any potential fears from our users it’s important to note that we cannot use this information to track:
■Who you are
■What software you have installed (beyond the HBC and System Menu versions)
■Any kind of software / hardware modifications done
■… and so forth.
If you have any outstanding opinions about this, comment on this article.
During the first 24 days after the launch of the new hackmii installer we have counted 192708 unique installations! The number is probably slightly higher, as some Wiis are not configured to connect to the Internet.
