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Windows 11 market share slips worryingly - as Windows 7 and Windows 10 see surprising growth against expectations (www.techradar.com)

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I assumed this was because iOS/Android are disproportionately eating Windows 11 market share... But at least according to the source, this isn't true: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share

Windows share is going up.

...Hence, absolute Windows 10 volume is going up too.

Honestly I don't know how this is possible unless their data is faulty. 'Normal' people don't know how to switch operating systems. Where are they even getting Windows 10 from?

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

They take it to the shop and tell them to take that piece of shit win11 out of their computer and put an ever so slightly less crappy win10/7 in its place, I guess?

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

Good shops would suggest Linux installs instead.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Mmmmm, I’m not sure a totally buy that. That’s a lot of trouble for someone to go to, and it involves wiping the PC.

I’m chalking this up to questionable data, especially with that really steep Android drop in a single month.