Microsoft quietly implies Windows has LOST millions of users since Windows 11 debut — are people really abandoning ship? [UPDATE]
Microsoft quietly implies Windows has LOST millions of users since Windows 11 debut — are people really abandoning ship? [UPDATE]
admin 2025/07/10 00:30A recent blog post from Microsoft gave us an up-to-date statistic on the number of Windows devices there are the world today, and that number is down by up to 400 million over the last number it gave.
Microsoft has seemingly confirmed that Windows is losing market share, without specifically saying so. As pointed out by ZDNet, a recent blog post confirmed that Windows is currently in use on over a billion devices. Except, "over a billion" is actually significantly down over the previous number it shared in 2022, not too long after Windows 11 first debuted.
Back in 2022, Microsoft said Windows was in use on 1.4 billion devices, suggesting this most recent number is down enough that it can no longer say 1.4 billion. Of course, this could simply be a rounding oversight on Microsoft's part, or the company is using a different counting metric this time. But it does raise the question, are people really looking to abandon ship from Windows?
ZDNet suggests that with Windows 10's end of support approaching, many are choosing to...
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Updated July 1: Microsoft has since updated its blog post, correcting the number from 1 billion to 1.4 billion and confirming Windows hasn't lost millions of users. Original story follows.
Microsoft has seemingly confirmed that Windows is losing market share, without specifically saying so. As pointed out by ZDNet, a recent blog post confirmed that Windows is currently in use on over a billion devices. Except, "over a billion" is actually significantly down over the previous number it shared in 2022, not too long after Windows 11 first debuted.
Back in 2022, Microsoft said Windows was in use on 1.4 billion devices, suggesting this most recent number is down enough that it can no longer say 1.4 billion. Of course, this could simply be a rounding oversight on Microsoft's part, or the company is using a different counting metric this time. But it does raise the question, are people really looking to abandon ship from Windows?
ZDNet suggests that with Windows 10's end of support approaching, many are choosing to...
➤➤➤ SEE MORE @ Windows Central
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