As Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 10, millions of users won’t
TL;DR
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 despite its popularity, as Windows 11 recently surpassed it in usage. Many users hoped for extended support or lower requirements, but neither occurred.
Windows 10 is so popular that Windows 11 only overtook it in terms of usage just a few months ago. That's why I'm surprised that Microsoft is still, kind of, going ahead with its end of support cutoff today.
At one point last year, I wasn't sure if Microsoft was actually going to end support for Windows 10 on time. The software giant randomly reopened Windows 10 beta testing to add new features and improvements to a 10-year-old operating system, giving millions of users hope that the company would change its mind or at least lower the system requirements for Windows 11. Neither of those things is happening, though.
Microsoft is ending supp …