No, Linux desktop market share has not crossed 10% in North America, and Windows is not suddenly losing millions of users. 2026 is not the year of Linux, for those who care. If anything, it’s the year the internet died, because the entire spike appears to be driven by AI bots. Almost every month, we […]
I would argue misquoting someone to fit your argument is more a egregious example of “biased bullshit”.
This is literally true. They’re not saying they WILL tell you the accurate numbers, they’re saying only they have those numbers to tell.
I own 6 Windows Professional licenses. I am presently using two. You really think Microsoft are the ones to trust?
Having numbers others don’t doesn’t make those numbers useful or true in every context.
No. No one is telling anyone to “trust Microsoft”, no one is saying “the numbers Microsoft reports are true”. That is a quote the guy above invented from thin air.
Edit: but for the record, it would be lawsuit territory for MSFT to actually publish false numbers. The shareholders would absolutely ream them. They’re allowed to not post numbers, but they’re not allowed to post false numbers.