Comments on: 400 Million Users Have Abandoned Windows?

By: Harry Anchan

Harry Anchan — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 23:02:22 +0000

In reply to Charles D Hadden. Amen! I will never accept a cell phone, or even my laptop in lieu of my PC. Maybe the reason my eyesight is very good is because of my two 34" monitors. I put my phone away and use the PC to prevent squinting. It works beautifully.

By: Charles D Hadden

Charles D Hadden — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:05:46 +0000

It might just be my eyesight failing but I will NEVER accept a Cellio-phone as a computer. But the fact is they done t even operate the same. You don’t have access to the same screen as a desktop or laptop, unless you designate it in the setting and that turns your cell-puter into a sluggish brick that you have to change the zoom on every ten seconds to make it work. If you think differently you need to work in the business a while and learn how they are programmed and possibly quit taking that pill the government keeps telling you that you need and is so safe.
Started working under license at Cell1 in 1983

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:06:30 +0000

In reply to Tony Arthur.

StatCounter was never set up to calculate market share. Its primary business model is to provide statistical data to websites that subscribe to its service. It then collates that data to provide a rough indication of trends.

StatCounter’s data counts only page views, because that’s what the participating websites are most interested in. It does not count visits, or sessions, or individual devices, and only about 0.003% of websites use StatCounter (a very tiny sample), and the vast majority of those are smaller websites. In addition, browsers and/or browser extensions that block tracking also block StatCounter.

So, it is really just statistical noise and there is no way to accurately calculate market share from that data.

Hope that clarifies.

By: Tony Arthur

Tony Arthur — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:35:58 +0000

In reply to Jim Hillier. "I can explain to you in detail if you wish." Please do, thanks.

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:05:01 +0000

In reply to Peter Thompson.

Hey Peter,
100%. I doubt smartphones will be able to compete with a PC any time soon. Mobile apps are cut-down feature limited facsimiles of the full-blown PC software we all know and use.

When it comes to today’s generation the old saying comes to mind… you don’t miss what you’ve never had.

By: Peter Thompson

Peter Thompson — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:59:07 +0000

Yeah computers definitely aren’t used as much now due to phones.

It still boggles me that some features on sites don’t work on mobile phones. I was getting a load of spam with no email address a while ago and decided to create a rule for my Hotmail email address.

Had to go onto a desktop as the app doesn’t let you do this and the site doesn’t even in mobile mode.

I do like and use desktops but to have a feature only available on desktops in this day and age makes no sense as many users won’t have one. I’m sure I once found something similar with Gmail

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 04:19:52 +0000

In reply to Tony Arthur.

Hey Tony,
First of all, that number is for the USA only, not global.
Secondly, StatCounter’s methodology means that it cannot possibly accurately state market share, it provides only a rough estimation of trends.

I can explain to you in detail if you wish.

By: Tony Arthur

Tony Arthur — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 03:31:15 +0000

In reply to Jim Hillier.

Here…
Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA.
https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/

By: Harry S. Anchan

Harry S. Anchan — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 01:06:08 +0000

If 400 million did leave Microsoft, I would not have been among them. I am not about to waste my short life on this Earth learning Linux when I spent years becoming a Windows expert. Moreover, I love Windows today as it has left the BSOD days back in the past. I can use Windows in my sleep, having been on it since 1997, and enjoy it. No Linux, no Macs for me.

By: Mindblower

Mindblower — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:30:47 +0000

Yes Jim, the younger generations are heavily relying on the Smartphones replacing the need for PC’s.. But as mainframes are still being in use, and like you pointed out, “PCs will always be in demand, at least for the foreseeable future…”, I too will continue using PC’s, Mindblower!

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 05:11:32 +0000

In reply to Adelaide.

Hey Adelaide.

I agree that some Windows users will have migrated to Linux but my information is that Linux usage has not increased by anywhere double.

Where did you get that information from, what is your source?

By: Adelaide

Adelaide — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:38:58 +0000

While MS Windows might not have lost 4*10^8 users over the last three years, over the same time span, the number of Linux user has grown for ~2.5% to ~5% of all PC operating systems. It is likely some of those new users came from Windows, particularly motivated by the imminent demise of Win 10.