Based on stats from Microsoft Corporation and Stats Counter, in the first quarter of 2023, there were around a billion active devices worldwide that ran Windows 10.

In spite of technical issues at launch, aggressive distribution tactics, and overreach in user privacy, Windows 10 is nowadays considered to be a positive entry in the good-bad release cycle of Microsoft's operating systems.

Here's how it was criticized in the beginning...

________________________________________________________

📌Sources and references:

- Microsoft.com:
“Microsoft By The Numbers”
https://news.microsoft.com/bythenumbe...

“Improving the Microsoft Services Agreement and Privacy Statement for consumers”
https://bit.ly/41tkSTY

- Stat Counter:
“Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide”
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version...

- Wikipedia:
“Criticism of Windows 10”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critici...

- Windows Central:
“Windows 10, not Windows 11, market share spiked last month — here's why”
https://bit.ly/3AnEJI0

- Softpedia:
“Microsoft Admits It “Went Too Far” with Aggressive Windows 10 Updates Search…”
https://bit.ly/3Ah5xcX

- EDRi:
“Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is (ab)used”
https://bit.ly/43LK4ql

- RPS:
“Windows 10 Is Spying On You: Here's How To Stop It”
https://bit.ly/3n15EX4

- Computer World:
“Microsoft takes Windows 10 upgrade near nuclear line”
https://bit.ly/3Lja2dz

- PC World:
“Fearing forced Windows 10 upgrades, users are disabling critical updates instead”
https://bit.ly/43SFZAt

________________________________________________________

🎧Music:

“Time To Pass” by Godmode
“Traversing” by Godmode
“Absolutely Nothing” by Jeremy Blake
“Observer” by Chasms
“Sleeplessness” by The Brothers Records
“June” by Bobby Richards