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7/3/2025, 10:36:17 AM
gaming department:
if microsoft had better games through their gamepass they would get more popular but most good games are through steam
microsoft was unable to lock steam into microsoft operating system
steam games work perfectly well in linux
windows OS itself has become huge shitfest vs linux
microsoft keeps making situation worse with enshittification of windows, the last good OS being windows 7, released in december 2009
if microsoft had better games through their gamepass they would get more popular but most good games are through steam
microsoft was unable to lock steam into microsoft operating system
steam games work perfectly well in linux
windows OS itself has become huge shitfest vs linux
microsoft keeps making situation worse with enshittification of windows, the last good OS being windows 7, released in december 2009
7/1/2025, 8:09:02 PM
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-seemingly-lost-400-million-users-in-the-past-three-years-official-microsoft-statements-show-hints-of-a-shrinking-user-base
Microsoft EVP Yusuf Mehdi said Windows powers over 1 billion active devices globally. This might sound like a healthy number, but actually Microsoft annual report said that more than 1.4 billion devices were running Windows 10 or 11 by December 2022. Given that these documents have allegedly been pored over by the tech giant's lawyers, we can safely assume that Windows' user base has been shrinking in the past three years, shedding around 400 million users.
This is probably why Microsoft has been aggressively pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11 after the previous version of the OS loses support -- so that its users would install the latest version of Windows on their current system (or get a new PC if their system is incapable of running the latest version). Although macOS is a threat to Windows, especially with the launch of Apple Silicon, we cannot say that those 400 million users all went and bought a MacBook.
That's because, as far back as 2023, Mac sales have also been dropping, with Statista reporting the computer line, once holding more than 85% of the company revenue, now making up just 7.7%.
The shrinking Windows user base can be attributed to a combination of factors -- a major one being the global move toward a mobile-first world, where smartphones and tablets are increasingly replacing traditional PCs for everyday computing needs.
>It maybe that some million of people stopped using PC:s of all kinds and now browse internet with mobile phone.
Meanwhile Microsoft's strict hardware requirements for Windows 11 have also alienated users with perfectly functional older machines, prompting some to stick with unsupported versions or abandon Windows entirely. Linux runs perfectly fine on "obsolete" tech from 2013 while Windows 11 doesnt.
Microsoft EVP Yusuf Mehdi said Windows powers over 1 billion active devices globally. This might sound like a healthy number, but actually Microsoft annual report said that more than 1.4 billion devices were running Windows 10 or 11 by December 2022. Given that these documents have allegedly been pored over by the tech giant's lawyers, we can safely assume that Windows' user base has been shrinking in the past three years, shedding around 400 million users.
This is probably why Microsoft has been aggressively pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11 after the previous version of the OS loses support -- so that its users would install the latest version of Windows on their current system (or get a new PC if their system is incapable of running the latest version). Although macOS is a threat to Windows, especially with the launch of Apple Silicon, we cannot say that those 400 million users all went and bought a MacBook.
That's because, as far back as 2023, Mac sales have also been dropping, with Statista reporting the computer line, once holding more than 85% of the company revenue, now making up just 7.7%.
The shrinking Windows user base can be attributed to a combination of factors -- a major one being the global move toward a mobile-first world, where smartphones and tablets are increasingly replacing traditional PCs for everyday computing needs.
>It maybe that some million of people stopped using PC:s of all kinds and now browse internet with mobile phone.
Meanwhile Microsoft's strict hardware requirements for Windows 11 have also alienated users with perfectly functional older machines, prompting some to stick with unsupported versions or abandon Windows entirely. Linux runs perfectly fine on "obsolete" tech from 2013 while Windows 11 doesnt.
6/26/2025, 8:37:55 PM
Bluescreen was invented 40 years ago, it came in Windows 1.0. It is very unlikely anyone has ever seen it in Windows 1.0 because it never crashes. But Windows 2.0, 3.0, NT 4.0 and Windows 95 and 98 were crashing all the time with the signature bluescreen.
Lately it has been plagueing Windows 10 which is also keen on crashing. Windows 7 never crashed unless you used a few particular device drivers which work very poorly (this is not Microsofts fault)
Microsoft said they will remove bluescreen starting from next release of Windows 11.
ALTOUGH they will not change the abbreviation BSOD.
Why?
Because henceforth it is known as Black Screen of Death.
https://www.theverge.com/news/692648/microsoft-bsod-black-screen-of-death-color-change-official
Lately it has been plagueing Windows 10 which is also keen on crashing. Windows 7 never crashed unless you used a few particular device drivers which work very poorly (this is not Microsofts fault)
Microsoft said they will remove bluescreen starting from next release of Windows 11.
ALTOUGH they will not change the abbreviation BSOD.
Why?
Because henceforth it is known as Black Screen of Death.
https://www.theverge.com/news/692648/microsoft-bsod-black-screen-of-death-color-change-official
6/26/2025, 5:05:56 AM
Microsoft has been sued for AI it created because authors of books claim their books were used without permission, as a training material
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/microsoft-sued-by-authors-over-use-books-ai-training-2025-06-25/
Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, Daniel Okrent and several others alleged that Microsoft used pirated digital versions of their books to teach its AI to respond to human prompts. Their lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, is one of several high-stakes cases brought by authors, news outlets and other copyright holders against tech companies including Meta Platforms, Anthropic and Microsoft-backed OpenAI over alleged misuse of their material in AI training. The writers alleged in the complaint that Microsoft used a collection of nearly 200,000 pirated books to train Megatron.
Meanvile: Facebook escapes AI courts
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-ops-and-tech/meta-beats-copyright-suit-from-authors-over-ai-training-on-books
Meta escaped a first-of-its-kind copyright lawsuit from a group of authors who alleged the tech giant hoovered up millions of copyrighted books without permission to train its generative AI model called Llama.
San Francisco federal Judge Vince Chhabria ruled Wednesday that Meta's decision to use the books for training is protected under copyright law's fair use defense, but he cautioned that his opinion is more a reflection on the authors' failure to litigate the case effectively.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/microsoft-sued-by-authors-over-use-books-ai-training-2025-06-25/
Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, Daniel Okrent and several others alleged that Microsoft used pirated digital versions of their books to teach its AI to respond to human prompts. Their lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, is one of several high-stakes cases brought by authors, news outlets and other copyright holders against tech companies including Meta Platforms, Anthropic and Microsoft-backed OpenAI over alleged misuse of their material in AI training. The writers alleged in the complaint that Microsoft used a collection of nearly 200,000 pirated books to train Megatron.
Meanvile: Facebook escapes AI courts
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-ops-and-tech/meta-beats-copyright-suit-from-authors-over-ai-training-on-books
Meta escaped a first-of-its-kind copyright lawsuit from a group of authors who alleged the tech giant hoovered up millions of copyrighted books without permission to train its generative AI model called Llama.
San Francisco federal Judge Vince Chhabria ruled Wednesday that Meta's decision to use the books for training is protected under copyright law's fair use defense, but he cautioned that his opinion is more a reflection on the authors' failure to litigate the case effectively.
6/25/2025, 12:32:43 PM
pls update to windows 11
Finlands independent media which has no ties to Microsoft whatsoever, says Windows 10 is dangerous within 2 more months and you must use Windows 11 instead
https://www.iltalehti.fi/digiuutiset/a/03ea38e6-b3a6-409c-a7de-89c4d833d40d
HOWEVER Win11 is not your only option, you could use modern safe linux which have been released in 2023 or later (older than that is not safe)
Win 11 was released on Christmas 2021 but for last 4 years people have still been using windows 10.
Microsoft recommended updating to Win 11 already in late 2023. But now it will be kinda mandatory in October 2025.
Support for Windows 10 ends. No new features have been added it ever since 2022.
The real problem is end of security updates which will end on October 2025.
Windows 12 will come maybe in January 2027. You probably shouldnt wait that long so using Windows 11 in the mean time is the proper otpion.
If you transmit 33 USD to Microsofts bank account they will grant you security updates to Win11 for entire year 2026 though.
But updating to Win11 will be free for Win10 owners.
Finlands independent media which has no ties to Microsoft whatsoever, says Windows 10 is dangerous within 2 more months and you must use Windows 11 instead
https://www.iltalehti.fi/digiuutiset/a/03ea38e6-b3a6-409c-a7de-89c4d833d40d
HOWEVER Win11 is not your only option, you could use modern safe linux which have been released in 2023 or later (older than that is not safe)
Win 11 was released on Christmas 2021 but for last 4 years people have still been using windows 10.
Microsoft recommended updating to Win 11 already in late 2023. But now it will be kinda mandatory in October 2025.
Support for Windows 10 ends. No new features have been added it ever since 2022.
The real problem is end of security updates which will end on October 2025.
Windows 12 will come maybe in January 2027. You probably shouldnt wait that long so using Windows 11 in the mean time is the proper otpion.
If you transmit 33 USD to Microsofts bank account they will grant you security updates to Win11 for entire year 2026 though.
But updating to Win11 will be free for Win10 owners.
6/25/2025, 1:09:05 AM
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/06/24/stay-secure-with-windows-11-copilot-pcs-and-windows-365-before-support-ends-for-windows-10/
Microsoft will now offer free Windows 10 security updates until October 2026 to
>consumers who enable Windows Backup or spend 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points,
the company said today.
Windows 10 uptes otherwise end in October 2025.
The company will notify Windows 10 users about the ESU program through the Settings app and notifications starting in July, with full rollout by mid-August.
>Both free update pathways require a Microsoft Account,
which the company has increasingly pushed in Windows 11. Business and organizational customers can still purchase up to three years of ESU updates but must pay for the service.
>Note that a paying customers is not forced to create a Microsoft account.
Windows 10 remains installed on 53% of Windows PCs worldwide, according to Statcounter data.
Microsoft will now offer free Windows 10 security updates until October 2026 to
>consumers who enable Windows Backup or spend 1,000 Microsoft Rewards points,
the company said today.
Windows 10 uptes otherwise end in October 2025.
The company will notify Windows 10 users about the ESU program through the Settings app and notifications starting in July, with full rollout by mid-August.
>Both free update pathways require a Microsoft Account,
which the company has increasingly pushed in Windows 11. Business and organizational customers can still purchase up to three years of ESU updates but must pay for the service.
>Note that a paying customers is not forced to create a Microsoft account.
Windows 10 remains installed on 53% of Windows PCs worldwide, according to Statcounter data.
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