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by CamperBob2 1226 days ago
It didn't "sell." Upgrades were free (and still are, AFAIK.)

Windows 8 was widely (and correctly) perceived as a disaster, so it's not a valid benchmark for market share comparison. Windows 7 was the target Microsoft wanted to hit, and that didn't happen until Q4 2018: https://windowsreport.com/windows-10-7-market-share/