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Whoa! Windows 7's market share surged, tripling in users last month (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by spicehoarder@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As the article notes, the increase seems to be driven mainly by users in Asia, where recycling and reusing older hardware is quite common. I wonder if third-party companies are offering extended security patches there, which could make affordable second-hand Windows 7 machines more appealing for people who just need them for browsing or light tasks. It would certainly make sense given recent fiascos and Microsoft’s current stance on AI, especially with generative AI being used to develop system-level code.

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[–] mormund@feddit.org 28 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Don't have a link to the thread on Mastodon, but it was only in Singapore. So it is likely a troll or some glitch.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 6 points 20 hours ago

Not from Mastodon, but from looking at the map for September: Map showing 92.09% of traffic coming from Singapore is reported as coming from Windows 7

Here's a link to the rest of the map You'll have to mouse over the different countries here, but regardless of whatever the heck is happening in Singapore, windows 7 is still sitting between 15-5% in other countries across Asia. and 10 is still nowhere near the "safe" levels for EoL coming up.