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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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[–] Notamoosen@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

I wonder how cloud accessibility plays into this. In the past if I had a dedicated windows app I might typically have maybe a hundred windows desktops accessing onsite servers. Nowadays I can replace that with thin clients and cloud based RDSH servers.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 days ago

Welcome in from the cold. We have hot cocoa and blankets.

[–] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They just had to copy the walled garden approach of the competitors, and badly at that. They could have not pursued forcing users to a Microsoft account. They could've avoided the telemetry and ads business(/bloat). Google has them beat there anyway. They had the more open alternative to Google and Apple but they're trying terribly to be second fiddle to them. And now Linux has become a good enough alternative to what Windows should've been. They are still the choice for business machines, but they've been terrible with consumer devices.

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[–] 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I must be in the minority but generally I like Win 11. Most of my clients still on Windows as well so I have to keep up to date...

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

I'm about to make it one more...

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Given there’s 7 billion people on earth, I’m a bit surprised this number is so low at only 1.4 billion. People will usually have a home computer and then use one at work, plus all the devices in data centers and other environments where they are not used as a desktop.

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[–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I’m thinking they’re doing it on purpose. Think you’re a multibazillion company, want to quit your least profitable line of work (OS business) but it’s also your most famous front. Diluting a business is how you quit without scaring investors.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

I was one of the 400 million.

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