When a operating system is replaced by a newer version, usually, most users adopt the newer platform and abandon the older one. Apparently, however, this is not always the case.
After that Microsoft he set the end of support per Windows 10indicating October 2025 as the “expiration date” of the operating system, it began to bombard users with pop-ups and messages to push them towards the transition to Windows 11. This, however, seems to have had the exact opposite effect.
To support it is Statcounter, research and statistics company. In fact, the data collected highlights how the market share of the most recent operating system is tending to decrease significantly. Windows 11, in fact, would have conquered the 28,16% of PC users in February 2024, setting its own record.
Since then, however, the numbers have dropped, with Windows 10 appearing to rise in return. In April 2024, in fact, the most recent OS settles around 26,65%. What are the reasons behind this unexpected reversal on the part of users?
Windows 10 grows, Windows 11 declines: a phenomenon that is only apparently meaningless
The Neowin website provides a possible reason for a trend that is at first glance inexplicable. The stop to support for app Androidannounced for 2025, seems to have caused interest in Windows 11 to decline significantly. At the same time, the advertising increasingly invasive in menu Startseem to have made users nervous.
For its part, Windows 10 has shown a physiological decline in recent months which, however, saw an unexpected increase in April after seven consecutive months of user reduction. Beyond the end of support and extended support for continuing to use Windows 10, consumers seem to want to give a clear signal to Microsoft.
Also Windows 7 still survives with the 3% of users, although support for this system ended in January 2020. Another effect of the discontent appears to be a gradual increase in users Linuxas highlighted by other research.