As the article notes, the increase seems to be driven mainly by users in Asia, where recycling and reusing older hardware is quite common. I wonder if third-party companies are offering extended security patches there, which could make affordable second-hand Windows 7 machines more appealing for people who just need them for browsing or light tasks. It would certainly make sense given recent fiascos and Microsoft’s current stance on AI, especially with generative AI being used to develop system-level code.
It’s okay, Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows you’ll need!!!
radix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But that doesn’t make a good headline.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I think that it’s a possibility for the rest of the world.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Could it be that something is spoofing a Win7 signature?
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I personally just edited the registry to stom my Win10 upgrading to 11. If it fails, it’s Manjaro time.
frongt@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Still, it’s unusual for that to happen.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thanks Microsoft spokesman.
Why is it that these scores are taken at face value until a corporation doesn’t like them? What you think 4% of a random set of servers suddenly started using Windows 7 to bot pages to drum up Windows 7 support?
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Look at the data: gs.statcounter.com/…/asia/#monthly-202408-202509
Or more specifically gs.statcounter.com/…/singapore/#monthly-202408-20…
All the data is nice and smooth, slow rises or declines, as usual.
And then all of a sudden in July and only ins Singapore, Windows 7 goes from <2% to 92%. All other asian countries stay about the same.
Does this sound likely to you that 90% of users uninstall Win10 and Win11 in Singapore to install Win7 and all that in a span of just two months?
Or is it more likely that there’s some bug (or some botnet) causing false stats?