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Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base (www.tomshardware.com)
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Microsoft EVP Yusuf Mehdi said in a blog post last week that Windows powers over a billion active devices globally. This might sound like a healthy number, but according to ZDNET, the Microsoft annual report for 2022 said that more than 1.4 billion devices were running Windows 10 or 11. Given that these documents contain material information and have allegedly been pored over by the tech giant’s lawyers, we can safely assume that Windows’ user base has been quietly shrinking in the past three years, shedding around 400 million users.

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 52 points 4 days ago (5 children)

This aligns with statcounter data here: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200901-202505

Windows market share on desktop has been slowly but steadily declining. From 95+% in 2009, to almost 70% today. In the same time period Linux went up from 0.6% to 4%, which is not bad.

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

It can also be noted that the trend over time for the "unknown" category (which stands for 8 % today) follows the same trend as Linux. I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that Linux is over-represented in the "unknown" category, and may actually be closer to 5-7 %.

[–] bent@feddit.dk 15 points 4 days ago

Apparently Linux have 20% market share in Norway. That is... I don't really believe it, but really cool if true.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

So this is just an apple victory or is Android to blame?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Kids mostly use mobile devices and don't even know what a folder is, so both.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

And that's honestly why this story isn't the good news it appears to be. An entire generation growing up used to (or rather, used by) locked-down devices designed for consumption is a goddamned disaster!

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But if you say something like People should have basic IT knowledge you get called an elitist.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

And yet people are fine with:

People should have basic cooking knowledge
People should have basic financial knowledge

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can't use a computer when you're tired and wanna lay in bed, or just browse memes on transit to work, or have a GPS in your pocket, or a camera in your pocket, or a portable communication device... etc

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Strap a minisfourm pc and battery pack to your back, run a usb cable up to your AR glasses. Strap a Svalboard to each hand and run the cables up your arms. Easy problem solved.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Yea, people don't even have computers now. Its happy tap the phone and love the Google, return to monke. We are the .00000001 percent.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

Android is not on this plot, it's desktop only.

The 2nd place is interestingly not Apple, but Unknown.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Three point four percentage points. Not great. Not terrible.

[–] markko@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

It sounds much better when you say 1 in 167 people then vs 1 in 25 people today.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

It was unthinkable 10 years ago. I call it a win.

[–] thmnwlf@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 days ago

Apple Silicon goes absolutely BRRRR