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Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining (www.neowin.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (18 children)

win11 is hot trash. seems like every other windows release is a skip. did Ballmer enshrine that or was it Gates?

[+] [email protected] -12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (17 children)

Hmm well . . .

Windows 95 - revolutionary UI changes for its time

Windows 98 - hot garbage update

Windows 98SE - fixed hot garbage and was ok

Windows ME - hot garbage

Windows XP - Windows 95 for grown ups

Windows 7 - This is where it breaks down, since from what I hear 7 was actually pretty good (been a linux user since the ME days) - but if you're counting Windows XP was Windows 5 so maybe they worked on 6 and just didn't release it to break the curse

Windows 8 - Everybody should have just moved to linux at this point

Windows 10 - Who knows. You should have been using linux

Windows 11 - If you're not using linux now you shouldn't have a computer

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You forgot Vista before 7. The list didn't "break down" because Vista was the steaming pile of shit in between.

8 sucked, 8.1 was good at least in my opinion. 10 was when I fucked off to Linux land permanently after using it on and off for 15 years and have never been happier.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

yeah 8.1 wasnt that bad (supported it, didnt use it), 10 was way better than 8.1 imho. thinking win10 is going to be my last win though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I admit that I am a bit biased. During the 8-10 years I tanked my startup by going all-in on Microsoft Store apps because I absolutely loved my Windows Phones and was convinced that they were the future, especially when Continuum was announced (and it actually worked!).

The disenchantment started when Microsoft forced developers to rewrite their apps for Windows 10 after already having forced the mobile devs to do it from 7 to 8. The hatred ramped up when they killed support for the Lumia 950XL 6 months after launch. I freaking loved that phone.

It pissed me off so much that I went to Apple lmao talk about cutting off my nose to spite my face.

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