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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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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] kboos1@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

If Linux could run AutoCAD and didn't have issues with anti cheat programs then I probably would have fully committed to the switch.

Before any says anything, yes I know there are CAD alternatives but all of my custom tools only work in AutoCAD and I have no idea how to recreate half of them if I had to and I wouldn't know how to do it in another app anyway. Plus AutoCAD is the industry standard so for compatibility reasons, I'm locked in.

[–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 15 hours ago

You're giving Microsoft too much credit. The market in general doesn't want you to think of an alternative.