Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base

• 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kids mostly use mobile devices and don’t even know what a folder is, so both.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And that’s honestly why this story isn’t the good news it appears to be. An entire generation growing up used to (or rather, used by) locked-down devices designed for consumption is a goddamned disaster!

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    • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But if you say something like People should have basic IT knowledge you get called an elitist.

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      • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And yet people are fine with:

        People should have basic cooking knowledge
        People should have basic financial knowledge

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Can’t use a computer when you’re tired and wanna lay in bed, or just browse memes on transit to work, or have a GPS in your pocket, or a camera in your pocket, or a portable communication device… etc

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      • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Strap a minisfourm pc and battery pack to your back, run a usb cable up to your AR glasses. Strap a Svalboard to each hand and run the cables up your arms. Easy problem solved.

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  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yea, people don’t even have computers now. Its happy tap the phone and love the Google, return to monke. We are the .00000001 percent.

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• herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Android is not on this plot, it’s desktop only.

  The 2nd place is interestingly not Apple, but Unknown.

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