[justsaysmthng]

The two OSes you mentioned are used by less than 10% of the market - 6,49%, according to the link below. Windows 10 is used by 23% of users.

https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...

There are many people who consider the older OS versions to be "better" than the latest Windows X. What "better" means is quite subjective - familiarity, stability, privacy, compatibility, etc. I really don't know, because I haven't used Windows in many years.

Finally, there's the "pirates" - hundreds of millions of people who run older versions of Windows, which are easier to crack because they're not as 'cloud-enabled' as Windows X.

But all in all, I agree that it's not such a big of a deal..

[gruez]

>Finally, there's the "pirates" - hundreds of millions of people who run older versions of Windows, which are easier to crack because they're not as 'cloud-enabled' as Windows X.

Windows 10 is just as easy to crack as windows 8.1. Just install a local KMS server and you're good to go.

[userbinator]

Windows 10 is just as easy to crack as windows 8.1. Just install a local KMS server and you're good to go.

I wonder if the obligatory updates will eventually detect and defeat those cracks, or have the pirates thought of that too? (Or perhaps, given the aggressive push by MS to get everyone on Win10, even giving it away for free, they won't really care.)

[geezerjay]

Forced obsolescence is kind of a big deal.