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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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[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (8 children)

People ditching their PC because they don't need it anymore doesn't explain that the relative share of Mac and Linux has increased for the past 15 years though. Unless for some reason Windows users are more likely to ditch their PC because they don't need it than Mac or Linux users.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Average people are also more likely to ditch their PCs than Linux users.

See the recent meme:

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just installed Mint and some games on 5 Thinkpad T420s my boss was going to throw out. Sunday’s LAN party was pretty fun.

Is this my future?

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 1 month ago

If you're lucky

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