Upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 10 is becoming a status issue, and Microsoft is using increasingly aggressive techniques to get users to upgrade. The latest comes to us from Reddit, and as you’ll see below, it’s embarrassing: “Yes or Yes”.

Windows 11’s market share is still not declining, and yesterday the analytics company Statcounter published the latest monthly data, which calculates that 18% of users using it compared to Windows 10’s 68%. Very little to launch with such hype that all new PCs that hit the market will come pre-installed with Windows 11 and that even Microsoft has stopped selling Windows 10 licenses.

The causes are known and range from chaotic management of hardware requirements; repeated failure of updates; unfulfilled promises of new features, and the fact that a large part of users, media and analysts simply believe that Windows 11 is a tweaked Windows 10. The bottom line is clear: only a small part of Windows 10 has migrated. But boy, is Microsoft determined to do it.

Upgrade to Windows 11: choose you, not Microsoft

If you’re still using Windows 10 like most, you’ve seen Microsoft “remind” you in Windows Update and other parts of the system that your PC is eligible to upgrade to Windows 11. This information is welcome, but the repetition can get tiresome over time when the client knowing the choice he said no. And even worse, his will is not respected.

A Reddit user came across an image, full screen no less, of Redmond trying to force an update using a familiar “dark patterns”. We’ve already talked about them. The selection screen highlights what the designer wants you to press, and you’ll probably do it without realizing it.

The options available have been most confusing ever since two main buttons indicate that you “agree” and they lead the same way: by upgrading to Windows 11. The only way to refuse the “offer” is to click on the link, much smaller, less visually distinguished and in the white bar located at the bottom of the screen.

Microsoft shouldn’t play these tricks, and if it really wants a massive migration, it’s very simple: improve Windows 11. And by the way, respect customers who like Windows 10 more.