Two months ago, Windows 11 uncharacteristically lost its market share to its predecessor, Windows 10, which accounted for 70% of all Windows installations at the time. After an aggressive push for “AI PCs”, it looks like installations for Microsoft’s latest operating system has began to pick up some steam once again.
Windows 11 Increases Its Presence
According to the latest report by Statcounter, Windows 11 has enjoyed two months of growth in expense of the outgoing operating system. As of June 2024, it reaches 29.71% of the market share, roughly 2% more than the month before. As a result, Windows 10’s market share has dropped to 66.04%, a 2.3% reduction in a month.
It’s worth noting that Windows 10’s support will end in just 15 months, so there is a huge number of PCs that will soon become unsupported as Microsoft pulls security support by October 2025 (unless you pay for ESU packages for a fee). However, transitioning all PCs to Windows 11 will be very difficult given the OS’s security restrictions – PCs without a built-in or discrete TPM 2.0 chip will not qualify for the free upgrade, which restricts systems as recent as 2017 from upgrading their systems.
Besides that, the notoriety that comes with Windows 11 regarding its features, such as dumbed-down features, system-wide ads, and the controversial Recall feature, is another factor that may slow the adoption. Microsoft’s increased aggression on ads has been well-documented at this point, including the recent attempt at “redesigning” its Weather apps to now simply load a webpage, ads included.
Pokdepinion: Perhaps there’s even a group of people waiting it out until Windows 12 launches. Because of the good-bad-good cycle, right?
