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by praseodym 3879 days ago
Vista's market share (1.77%) is a fraction of XP's (9.03%), so it's not that weird to drop support for it as well.

Reference: ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers
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Someone1234 3879 days ago
Just want to add, that Wikipedia article uses statcounter as the source. If you look at statcounter China is throwing off the data, it is running XP at 30%(!) Vs. USA @ 4.3%, UK @ 3.18%, France @ 4.8%, Australia+NZ @ 2.67-2.85%, Japan @ 3%, et al.

My point is, that 10% figure is misleading. China is higher, everyone else is lower.

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Macuyiko 3879 days ago
Yeah though good luck finding a pure Chrome install in China anyway. Most of it runs this repackaged monstrosity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360_Secure_Browser
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praseodym 3879 days ago
Sure, XP usage might be lower than reported in these figures, but Vista will have a lower market share still.
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