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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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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 130 points 4 days ago (15 children)

Everyone talking about how it's because of Windows 11 or their greed driving people away, etc. But they're ignoring the big one:

People don't need as many computers these days. You don't have a lot of households with a laptop for every member of the family because smartphones and tablets have replaced the PC for many people for media consumption and basic tasks.

[–] trd@feddit.nu 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Looks around my living room, 3 laptops, stationary, 1 nas and a server. 2 laptops are still running windows.

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

Same here. I was just thinking that I have way more running computers now than I did in years past. But none of mine are running Windows now.

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