Window’s 10 and Window’s 11, the two most commonly used operating systems by most computers in the world, about 70-73% computer users use Windows 10 and 11, with MacOS and Linux filling in the minorities.

In recent times, Microsoft, the owners of the Windows operating system, have been urging most of its users to Upgrade to Windows 11 as Windows 10 is no longer supported as of Oct. 14. However, 40% of users continue to use Window’s 1o, even after its support ended. Many users have their own concerns and reasoning why they do not want to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11.

According to Wesley Nugent, a student at Rocky who is an expert at computers and coding, stated, “The rapid push by Microsoft to implement their ai, Co-Pilot which actively takes screenshots of users screens to help the ai model learn, has been a major turn off for computer users as it can be seen as spyware.”

On the contrary, the Microsoft website states that there are many new features bought by Windows 11 to make it an upgrade to Windows 10, such as Auto HDR, which allows older games to produce a better range of colors to prevent pixelation, better optimization for Windows games and apps compared to Windows 10, along with many other smaller features.

The massive number of computers no longer being supported due to Microsoft’s choice to stop supporting Windows 10, has created very large amounts of E-Waste, however Microsoft is offering Extended Security Updates for users that pay for them. According to the Global Stat Counter, there has been an increase of users using Windows 7, most of those being Windows 10 users whose devices can’t meet the specific requirements to upgrade to Windows 11.

Currently, Windows 10 will remain safe and useable for a while, as long as you don’t download sketchy items, or visit websites with heavy activity.