One of the goals of our codebase is that everything functions the same regardless of the hardware; the notable exceptions being boot/install which are often dictated by hardware type. Stats also show that 80% of our userbase has an RPi board and 10% Intel x86_64 devices so 90% of users should be covered by those general catch-all subforums. In the past (in OpenELEC days) the forum also had more dedicated subsections with the result of each subforum having lower traffic and lower engagement, whereas with only a couple of main sections those forum areas are naturally higher traffic and overall more users enage and contribute to the forum. It's something we've thought about too, but it always ends up with the team being 50:50 for/against .. so it never happened.
The percentage of x86_64 users peaked around 30% in the early years of OpenELEC then gradually declined to a stable 10% figure in recent years. For a long time the main driver was probably Pi boards being cheap and good value. These days they're a lot less cheap; but then the alternatives have also risen in price so the status quo has persisted.
The percentage of x86_64 users peaked around 30% in the early years of OpenELEC then gradually declined to a stable 10% figure in recent years.
Just guessing, but I would suspect many x86_64 users are using Windows. HW compatibility, acceleration, DRM, etc is what I would expect to be better & more attractive on Windows since that is the main OS platform x86_64 manufacturers are targeting.
