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Windows 11 market share falls despite Microsoft ad blitz | Windows 10, on the other hand, managed to grow its share of that market (www.theregister.com)

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Despite Microsoft's push to get customers onto Windows 11, growth in the market share of the software giant's latest operating system has stalled, while Windows 10 has made modest gains, according to fresh figures from Statcounter.

This is not the news Microsoft wanted to hear. After half a year of growth, the line for Windows 11 global desktop market share has taken a slight downturn, according to the website usage monitor, going from 35.6 percent in October to 34.9 percent in November. Windows 10, on the other hand, managed to grow its share of that market by just under a percentage point to 61.8 percent.

The dip in usage comes just as Microsoft has been forcing full-screen ads onto the machines of customers running Windows 10 to encourage them to upgrade. The stats also revealed a small drop in the market share of its Edge browser, despite relentlessly plugging the application in the operating system.

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[+] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe -13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Special hardware meaning a TPM chip to encrypt your data? Why would they force you to use 10 year old tech, way too new!

Remember they aren't forcing you to update, they just are telling you they won't support your old-ass shit :)

[–] smallZe13@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I built my computer new 7 years ago, and it doesn't support windows 11. Still works like a charm, at least for my use case. There's no reason for me to spend the 1000 to update it. Easier to move to linux when windows 10 hits EOL.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 hours ago

Microsoft has gotten way too comfortable with having no real OS competition... I think maybe after this they might actually feel the hit as Linux has gotten so easy to install/use (in some cases, like updates, easier than Windows), is so stable, and works with most games.

People are noticing and giving it a shot since they have nothing to lose.