The growth of Windows 11 has stoppedor at least that’s what data from AdDuplex, an analyst firm that monitors Windows deployments each month and confirms what has been seen lately: a new version of the Microsoft operating system costs at its own expense. scratch a few tenths of the cake, which are distributed its next version.

To compare this with information from another source, just a few weeks ago we repeated another measurement that did not lead to optimism about the reception of Windows 11. In that case, we talked about the adoption of the system in the professional sector, but the sample was large enough to taken into account, including more than 10 million facilities.

In the present case, however, it is again the data of AdDuplex, which has been dealing with it for a long time. As for the type of information they handle, there is no specific round figure for the number of computers that make up the sample, but they may not be too small, given that they draw their statistics from about 5,000 Windows Store applications. that monitor.

Be that as it may, the trend is declining for several months, always according to AdDuplex data, and if so Windows 11 grew by barely 0.1% in March, it would increase to 0.3% in April, otherwise a ridiculous increase. According to the company, Windows 11 would already have a 19.7% market share … But don’t be fooled, the percentage has a trick.

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Namely: AdDuplex includes only Windows 10 and Windows 11 in its statistics, therefore the disparity in percentages compared to other measurements. This means that if the remaining versions of the Microsoft operating system that are still on the market were included, the note would be significantly lower. How do career statistics show above? It doesn’t seem that way either.

In fact, if we switch to another data source, such as Statcounter, gives Windows 11 8.45% share, only under Windows 10 (74.82%) and Windows 7 (12.11%); easily outperforms Windows 8.1 (3.01%), Windows 8 (0.92%) and Windows XP (0.44%). Be careful with March data and only including the Microsoft platform.

Why doesn’t Windows 11 have a bigger move? The reasons are well known: restrictive requirements that prevent millions of valid computers from updating, minor changes compared to Windows 10 – the version that is now at its best – additional problems to those already suffering from more common than desirable Windows 10 users. .. In short, a little of everything.

But the really bloody thing is a matter of requirements that Microsoft would do well if it resolutely dealt with it, because Windows 10 has to end its support in 2025 and if Redmond is to be believed to have many millions of users with computers that work perfectly, but Windwos 11 they just can’t handle it, they’re going to restore them, just so they can jump out of the version … They’re very wrong.