Windows 10 Usage Increases Despite Impending End of Support, While Windows 11 Adoption Declines
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Summary
Despite Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 home editions next month, the operating system's usage share is actually climbing while Windows 11's share is falling. Microsoft offers a free one-year extension for home users who enable backup functionality during signup, with a tool available to simplify the process. The article explains this counterintuitive trend of users sticking with the older OS despite its impending end-of-life status.
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While users may extend support by one year -- business customers get three -- the number of users who will take up Microsoft's offer is unclear
The extension is more or less free, as you get it as a consumer when you enable the backup functionality during the signup process
Recently, Windows 11, the successor of Windows 10, has been gaining traction
Windows 10 usage share is climbing again, despite its end of support next month. Here is an explanation.
