Bill Gates SHOCKED as Windows 11 Rejection TURNS PERMANENT — Users REFUSE to Upgrade

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Bill Gates SHOCKED as Windows 11 Rejection TURNS PERMANENT — Users REFUSE to Upgrade!

Windows 11 is facing what many experts now call permanent rejection as millions of users continue to refuse upgrading from Windows 10. Hardware restrictions, forced updates, performance complaints, privacy concerns, and unwanted feature changes have created long-term resistance across home users, businesses, and enterprise environments.

Bill Gates and Microsoft are under mounting pressure as stalled adoption threatens the future of the Windows platform. This video breaks down why users are holding their ground, why rejection is no longer temporary, and how this refusal could permanently reshape Microsoft’s operating system strategy.

Why Users Refuse to Upgrade to Windows 11
Windows 11 Adoption Collapse Explained
Microsoft Faces Permanent User Resistance
Is Windows 11 Already a Failure
The Truth Behind Windows 11 Rejection

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0:00 I hate Windows 11, so I'm switching to
0:02 Linux. Yes, that's right. On this drive
0:05 is our next operating system for this
0:06 PC. So, say goodbye to Windows because
0:08 we're shutting this down. And now we
0:10 just need to plug in the flash drive
0:12 with our new operating. November 2025,
0:15 Stack Counter releases data that
0:16 confirms Microsoft's worst nightmare.
0:19 Windows 10 market share is rising, not
0:21 falling, rising. Currently at 61.3%,
0:26 up from 58.7%
0:28 3 months ago. Windows 11 sits at 26.1%
0:32 down from 28.4%.
0:34 Windows 10 support officially ended 13
0:37 months ago in October 2024. Yet users
0:41 are choosing unsupported software over
0:43 Windows 11. They're not migrating.
0:46 They're not waiting for the right time.
0:47 They've made a permanent decision. Never
0:50 upgrade to Windows 11. This isn't
0:52 delayed adoption. This is permanent
0:54 rejection. And the data proves it's not
0:56 changing. I'm having a great time right
0:59 now. It's been 30 minutes of trying to
1:01 install one program. Holy. Do you ever
1:04 feel like Windows just keeps getting
1:06 worse? It's almost like every week they
1:08 add more bloat ads, half-baked updates
1:11 on features that already work just fine
1:13 and slide in AI crap where it shouldn't
1:16 be. Not to mention making it harder and
1:18 harder to have any semblance of privacy
1:21 while you use the damn thing. I could go
1:23 on, but I'm sick of it. I just wish
1:26 there was something other than Windows
1:28 that you could run on your PC, whether
1:30 it's for business or for pleasure. Whoa,
1:33 whoa, what's that?
1:35 >> The extended security update explosion.
1:38 Microsoft offers extended security
1:40 updates for Windows 10. ESU costs $61
1:44 for year 1, doubles each year after.
1:47 It's designed to be expensive, to push
1:50 users toward Windows 11, to make staying
1:52 on Windows 10 financially painful. But
1:55 something unexpected happened.
1:57 Businesses are paying it happily.
1:59 Because even at $244 for year 4, it's
2:02 cheaper than dealing with Windows 11's
2:05 problems. Microsoft projected 2 million
2:07 ESU subscriptions by end of 2025. Actual
2:11 number, 47 million. They underestimated
2:14 by 23 times. 47 million users willing to
2:18 pay Microsoft to not upgrade to Windows
2:21 11. That's not a temporary hold out.
2:23 That's permanent rejection with a price
2:25 tag. Users are literally paying money to
2:28 avoid Windows 11. Think about that. The
2:31 new product is so bad that millions
2:33 prefer paying to use the old product
2:35 instead. One IT director at a
2:37 manufacturing company with 3,000
2:39 employees explained their decision. We
2:42 tested Windows 11 extensively, deployed
2:45 it to 200 pilot users. Performance was
2:48 measurably worse. Application launch
2:50 times increased 18%. Our CAD software
2:53 ran slower. User complaints increased
2:56 340% during the pilot. We had to provide
2:59 additional training because the UI
3:01 changes broke established workflows. We
3:04 calculated total cost of Windows 11
3:06 migration, $2.8 million over 3 years.
3:10 That includes hardware upgrades for
3:11 computers that don't meet requirements,
3:13 software compatibility fixes, training,
3:16 and productivity loss during transition.
3:19 ESU costs for our 3,000 computers,
3:22 $183,000
3:24 for year 1. Even if it doubles each
3:26 year, we're paying $732,000
3:29 over 4 years. That's 74% cheaper than
3:33 migrating to Windows 11. The decision is
3:35 obvious. We're paying ESU indefinitely.
3:39 That calculation is happening in
3:40 thousands of businesses, large and
3:43 small, all reaching the same conclusion.
3:45 Paying Microsoft to stay on Windows 10
3:48 is more cost-effective than upgrading to
3:50 Windows 11. Microsoft accidentally
3:52 created a business model where customers
3:55 pay to reject their new product. That's
3:58 unprecedented failure. The registry
4:00 hacks keeping Windows 10 alive. But not
4:03 everyone is paying ESU. Millions are
4:05 using technical workarounds, registry
4:08 modifications that keep Windows 10
4:10 receiving security updates without
4:12 paying. The methods are well documented
4:14 online. Tutorials with millions of
4:17 views. The modifications trick Windows
4:19 update servers into thinking the
4:21 computer qualifies for free ESU. It's
4:25 technically against Microsoft's terms of
4:27 service, but millions are doing it
4:29 anyway. Microsoft knows about these
4:31 registry hacks. they could stop them
4:33 with a simple server side change. They
4:35 haven't because stopping the hacks would
4:37 force users to make a decision. Pay ESU
4:40 or migrate to alternatives. Many would
4:42 choose alternatives. Microsoft prefers
4:44 users staying on Windows 10 through
4:47 registry hacks to users leaving Windows
4:49 entirely. Better to have them in the
4:51 ecosystem, even if not paying, than
4:54 losing them completely. YouTube
4:56 tutorials show the extent of this. How
4:58 to get free Windows 10 updates after
5:01 support ended has 4.2 million views.
5:05 Windows 10 ESU registry bypass 2025 has
5:10 3.8 million views. Keep Windows 10
5:13 updated forever without paying has 2.9
5:16 million views. Combined, these tutorials
5:18 have been viewed over 20 million times.
5:21 Each view potentially represents one
5:23 user staying on Windows 10 indefinitely,
5:26 never upgrading, ever. [music] The
5:28 comment sections reveal the permanence.
5:31 One top comment with 12,000 likes. I've
5:34 used Windows since Windows 95. I'll use
5:37 Windows 10 until it literally stops
5:39 functioning. Then I'm switching to
5:41 Linux. Windows 11 will never be
5:43 installed on my computer ever. I'm not
5:46 the only one who feels this way. Look at
5:48 these comments. Thousands of us making
5:50 the same pledge. The replies are
5:52 thousands of people agreeing, making the
5:54 same commitment. Windows 11 rejection
5:57 isn't temporary. It's a permanent
5:59 decision millions have made. The
6:00 hardware incompatibility that created
6:02 permanent barriers. Microsoft just keeps
6:05 losing with AI. Like, why would I need
6:08 C-Pilot to change my resolution? Does
6:11 everything on GitHub have to be C-pilot?
6:14 An agentic OS. What is that? But many
6:17 users can't upgrade even if they wanted
6:20 to. The TPAM 2.0 requirement locked out
6:24 52% of Windows 10 computers. These
6:27 aren't ancient machines from 2010. These
6:30 are computers from 2015 to 2019. 5 to 10
6:35 years old. Still perfectly functional,
6:37 fast enough for all common tasks.
6:40 Running office, browsing, email, video
6:43 calls without problems. Microsoft
6:45 declared them obsolete overnight because
6:47 they lack a security chip most users
6:50 never heard of. The impact is
6:52 staggering. A survey of 50,000 Windows
6:54 10 users found that 68% have computers
6:58 that don't meet Windows 11 requirements.
7:00 Of those locked out users, 71% said they
7:04 won't buy new computers just to run
7:05 Windows 11. They'll either stay on
7:07 Windows 10 indefinitely using ESU or
7:11 registry hacks or they'll switch to
7:14 operating systems that support their
7:16 existing hardware. Linux runs fine on
7:19 2015 computers. Chrome OS Flex works on
7:22 old hardware. Users have options that
7:25 don't require buying new computers.
7:27 Multiply Sarah's story by millions.
7:30 That's the impact of hardware
7:31 requirements. Microsoft created a
7:33 permanent barrier. Users on the wrong
7:35 side aren't waiting to upgrade. They're
7:38 permanently locked out. And instead of
7:39 buying new hardware, they're discovering
7:42 alternatives work fine. Once they
7:44 switch, they're not coming back. The
7:46 hardware requirements didn't drive
7:48 upgrades. They drove permanent Windows
7:51 abandonment. The Enterprise permanent
7:53 freeze. Enterprise tells the same story,
7:55 but at larger scale. Gartner's Q 32025
8:00 survey of 800 large organizations found
8:03 that 43% have no plans to migrate to
8:06 Windows 11. Not delayed plans, no plans
8:10 ever. They're committed to Windows 10
8:12 with ESU for as long as Microsoft offers
8:15 it. When ESU eventually ends, they're
8:18 migrating to alternatives, not to
8:20 Windows 11, to Mac, to Linux, to
8:23 anything but Windows 11. The reasons are
8:26 consistent. Windows 11 breaks
8:28 missionritical applications. Legacy
8:31 software that companies built their
8:32 operations around doesn't work on
8:34 Windows 11. One healthcare system spent
8:37 $4.7 million developing custom patient
8:40 management software in 2016. Works
8:44 perfectly on Windows 10. Doesn't work on
8:46 Windows 11. Re-engineering it for
8:48 Windows 11 compatibility would cost
8:51 another $3.2 million. They're not
8:54 spending [music] that. They're paying
8:56 ESSU.
8:57 When that ends, they're migrating the
9:00 entire system to Linux-based solutions.
9:02 Windows 11's incompatibility turned them
9:05 from Windows customers to future Linux
9:08 customers. Retraining costs are another
9:10 barrier. Employees have muscle memory.
9:12 They know where things are, how to
9:14 accomplish tasks. Windows 11 changed
9:17 everything. Center taskbar removed
9:19 features change settings locations
9:22 retraining 10,000 employees costs
9:24 millions not just training time
9:27 productivity loss during transition
9:29 support ticket increases one large
9:31 company calculated retraining costs at
9:34 $1,840
9:36 per employee for 15,000 employees that's
9:40 $27.6 $6 million just for retraining.
9:43 They're not paying that. They're staying
9:45 on Windows 10 forever. Goldman Sachs
9:48 made their decision public in August
9:50 2025. They're not deploying Windows 11.
9:53 They evaluated it for 18 months, ran
9:55 extensive pilots, tested compatibility,
9:58 analyzed costs, concluded it's
10:00 unsuitable for their operations.
10:02 Performance is worse. Trading
10:04 applications run slower. That's
10:06 unacceptable in finance where
10:08 milliseconds matter. They're paying ESU
10:11 for their 65,000 Windows computers. When
10:14 ESU ends, they're migrating to Mac for
10:16 traders and Linux for infrastructure.
10:18 Windows 11 was evaluated and permanently
10:21 rejected. JP Morgan Chase reached
10:24 identical conclusion. So did Deutsche
10:26 Bank, UBS, and Credit Swiss, major
10:30 financial institutions globally are
10:32 permanently rejecting Windows 11. These
10:35 are Microsoft's highest value enterprise
10:37 customers. They're not migrating to
10:39 Windows 11. They're planning exits from
10:42 Windows entirely. That's permanent
10:44 rejection from the enterprise segment
10:45 that generates Microsoft's most
10:47 profitable revenue. When Wall Street
10:49 abandons your platform, you've lost the
10:52 leaked Microsoft internal panic.
10:55 Internal Microsoft documents leaked in
10:57 October 2025 reveal the panic inside the
11:00 company. One memo from a senior Windows
11:03 executive. Windows 11 adoption has
11:05 stalled permanently. Users are not
11:08 delaying upgrade decisions. They've
11:10 decided not to upgrade ever. Our models
11:13 assumed eventual migration. The data
11:15 shows that assumption was wrong. Users
11:17 who haven't upgraded by now never will.
11:20 We have 400 million users on unsupported
11:22 Windows 10. We assumed that number would
11:25 decrease. It's increasing. We're losing
11:27 users to alternatives, not gaining
11:30 upgrades to Windows 11. Another leaked
11:32 document shows adoption projections
11:35 versus reality. Microsoft projected 65%
11:38 Windows 11 adoption by November 2025.
11:43 Reality 26.1%.
11:46 They missed by 38.9 percentage points.
11:49 That's not a small forecasting error.
11:51 That's a fundamental misunderstanding of
11:53 user behavior. Microsoft thought users
11:56 would eventually accept Windows 11.
11:58 Users decided they won't. The leaked
12:00 documents show Microsoft doesn't know
12:02 how to fix this. One strategy memo lists
12:05 options. Offer free Windows 11 upgrades
12:08 with extended support. Response: already
12:11 free, not working. Force Windows 10 end
12:14 of life by stopping ESU.
12:17 Response would drive users to
12:19 alternatives. Improve Windows 11 to
12:21 address user complaints. Response would
12:24 require fundamental redesign. Years of
12:27 work, billions in cost. No [music]
12:29 option is good. Microsoft is trapped by
12:31 their own product failure, the permanent
12:34 migration to alternatives. The most
12:36 concerning trend for Microsoft is where
12:37 non-upgraders are going. They're not all
12:40 staying on Windows 10 forever. Many are
12:42 migrating to alternatives, and those
12:44 migrations are permanent. [music] Linux
12:46 desktop market share hit 10.8% in
12:49 October 2025, up from 3.2% 2 years ago.
12:53 That's 237% growth. Mac reached 21.4%
12:58 up from 13.2% 2% Chrome OS at 5.9% up
13:02 from 1.8%. Every alternative is growing
13:05 while Windows shrinks. The pattern is
13:07 clear in user forums. People asking,
13:10 "Should I upgrade to Windows 11?" are
13:12 getting consistent advice. No, either
13:15 stay on Windows 10 or switch to Linux
13:17 Mac. The community has decided Windows
13:20 11 isn't worth it. And increasingly,
13:23 people are choosing the switch option.
13:25 Why stay on unsupported Windows 10 when
13:27 alternatives are supported, faster, and
13:30 free? The migration pipeline is
13:32 established now. YouTube channels
13:34 dedicated to helping people switch from
13:36 Windows to Linux. Switching to Linux in
13:39 2025 has 8.9 million views. Why I
13:43 finally left Windows has 6.2 million
13:46 views. Windows 10 to Ubuntu migration
13:49 guide has 4.7 million views. These
13:52 aren't niche content. These are
13:54 mainstream tech tutorials getting
13:56 millions of views. Each view potentially
13:58 represents someone leaving Windows
14:00 permanently. Where this ends, December
14:02 2025, Windows 10 at 62.1%. [music]
14:07 Still rising. Windows 11 at 25.3%.
14:11 Still falling. The trends are permanent.
14:14 Users have decided. They're not
14:15 upgrading. They're paying ESU. They're
14:18 using registry hacks. They're migrating
14:20 to alternatives, but they're not
14:22 upgrading to Windows 11. That decision
14:25 is final. Microsoft faces a crisis with
14:28 no solution. They can't force upgrades
14:30 without driving users away. They can't
14:33 make Windows 11 acceptable without
14:35 admitting it failed and rebuilding from
14:37 scratch. They can't lower hardware
14:39 requirements without admitting those
14:41 requirements were unnecessary. Every
14:43 option requires admitting failure.
14:46 Microsoft's corporate culture doesn't
14:47 allow that. So, Windows 10 will persist.
14:50 Zombie OS with more users than the
14:52 current version supported through hacks
14:54 and paid ESU while users slowly migrate
14:57 to alternatives. Windows overall market
14:59 share will continue declining not to
15:02 Windows 11, to Linux, Mac, and Chrome
15:05 OS. The platform that dominated
15:07 computing for 30 years is dying. Not
15:10 from competition, from permanent user
15:12 rejection of its successor. If this
15:14 showed you how Windows 11 rejection
15:16 became permanent, share it. Because
15:18 Microsoft isn't advertising that Windows
15:20 10 usage is rising, that 47 million
15:23 users are paying to avoid Windows 11,
15:26 that enterprises are permanently
15:27 rejecting it, that users are making
15:29 lifetime commitments to never upgrade.
15:32 The rejection is permanent. The data
15:34 proves it. And Microsoft has no plan to
15:37 change it. Windows 11 failed, not
15:39 temporarily, permanently. And that
15:42 failure is killing the Windows platform
15:43 entirely.