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Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support. (www.windowscentral.com)
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According to Statcounter, Windows 11 held a 55.18% market share in October 2025. That share dropped to 53.7% in November and dropped again in December. Now, Windows 11 holds a 50.73% market share.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide

Many are rollback to Windows 10, but Linux is increasing as well.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide

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[โ€“] kboos1@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I would say that it's as simple as adding a prompt during initial user setup with check boxes. Would you like windows to handle XYZ for you? Instead of assuming all users just want to use their computers to become influencers and forcing frustrating problems onto everyone.

It may have started out with "hey we are doing this for your own good" to now it's "how can we exploit ignorance and data mine our users and put ads on the desktop?"

[โ€“] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 42 minutes ago)

There are alternatives, you can see the various alternatives on display in various Linux distros. The difference is that with Windows Microsoft doesn't want you to think of an alternative.