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Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base (www.tomshardware.com)
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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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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It sounds like a mixture of Chromebooks, and people simply not owning a traditional computer.

Either way, it seems to be mostly Google that's winning here.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These 2023 stats have Chromebook sales at only ~25M units globally, so this is probably the second scenarion, people decommissioning Windows computers and using the phone and/or tablet instead. https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-tablet-market-share-Q2-2023

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For most people, a tablet is a direct replacement for a laptop anyway, especially with a wireless keyboard. I run software for work that, as far as I know, is Windows only, but most people will be fine with a tablet, or even just a phone.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

A tablet is not a replacement for a laptop, its just a secondary "big phone" for watching videos because its more confortable for the eyes.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

And sending emails, social media, video calls, taking notes, pretty sure they can even run things like power point presentations now.

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 7 points 22 hours ago

Chromebooks went from "What is that?" To literally everywhere in schools.

Android phones are everywhere.

Google and the Chrome browser really ate into Microsoft's dominance.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago

And Apple, with people replacing traditional computers with Android and iOS devices.