Bill Gates PANICS After Windows 11 Faces GLOBAL Backlash!

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October, 2025,

Windows 11 usage drops to 31% of all

Windows installations, down from 35%

just 3 months earlier. Microsoft

projected 50% adoption by now. They

missed by 19 percentage points. But

here's what they're not telling you.

Windows 10 support officially ended

October 14th, 2025.

That means 400 million people are now

running unsupported software because

they refuse to upgrade. 400 million. And

when you look at what Microsoft did to

force this situation, when you see what

they're planning next, the backlash

makes complete sense. This isn't just

users complaining about change. This is

a full-scale revolt against what Windows

has become. When the most popular OS

became the most hated, Windows 11

launched in October 2021. Microsoft

called it the biggest Windows update in

a decade. A complete redesign. Faster,

more secure, better for productivity.

Built for the future. The marketing was

everywhere. New taskbar, rounded

corners, integrated teams. This was

supposed to be the operating system that

defined the 2020s.

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>> Four years later, it's the most despised

Windows release since Windows Vista,

maybe [music] worse. Rob Braxman is a

programmer who had his software demoed

on stage by Bill Gates back in the day.

He's been in this industry for 40 years.

He said he hasn't seen backlash this bad

since the transition from DOS 3.1 to

Windows 1.0 in 1985.

That was 40 years ago. We're talking

about a level of user hatred that hasn't

existed in a generation. And it's not

just old programmers complaining.

Regular users, [music] businesses, IT

departments, gamers, content creators,

everyone is furious. The r/ Windows 111

subreddit has become a non-stop stream

of complaints. Twitter is filled with

people posting their switches to Linux

or Mac. YouTube tech channels are making

videos titled Why I'm Done with Windows.

This isn't a vocal minority. This is

mainstream rejection. [music] Marcus

Webb is a graphic designer in London.

Used Windows his entire career, 22 years

on the platform. He upgraded to Windows

11 in January 2024 because Microsoft

kept nagging him with pop-ups. Within

three weeks, he bought a MacBook Pro,

spent £2,800.

[music] Why? He couldn't stand Windows

11. The constant AI prompts, co-pilot

interrupting his workflow, ads in the

start menu. The operating system felt

like it was working against him instead

of for him. He took a 2,800 lb loss just

to escape. That's happening everywhere

right now. the requirements that locked

out millions. But here's where

Microsoft's problems [music] really

started. Windows 11 has hardware

requirements that instantly made

millions of perfectly good computers

obsolete. [music] You need a TPM 2.0

chip. That's a trusted platform module.

A security chip that stores encryption

keys. Sounds reasonable for security,

except Microsoft made it mandatory, even

though Windows 10 worked fine without

it. TPM 2.0 became widely available in

computers starting around 2016. Anything

built before that? Can't run Windows 11.

Doesn't matter if your computer has 32

GB of RAM and a modern processor.

[music] No TPM 2.0, you're out.

Microsoft's own data showed that over

50% of Windows 10 devices couldn't meet

the requirements. 50%. Half their user

base got told their computers were too

old, even though those computers worked

perfectly fine yesterday. Jennifer Patel

runs a small accounting firm in Ohio. 12

employees. They bought new Dell

workstations in 2018. Cost $18,000 for

the whole office. Those computers are

fast. They run everything. her business

needs [music]

zero problems. But they don't have TPM

2.0. [music] Microsoft says they can't

upgrade to Windows 11. So now she's

facing a choice. Spend another $18,000

on new computers that do the exact same

work or [music] keep running Windows 10

with no security updates. She's furious.

The computers aren't broken. [music]

Microsoft just decided they're obsolete.

And it gets worse. Microsoft also

requires UEFI firmware instead of legacy

BIOS. They require secure boot enabled.

They require specific CPU generations.

[music] An Intel eighth gen processor or

newer. AMD Ryzen 2000 series or newer.

These aren't bad processors. [music] An

Intel 7th gen i7 from 2017 is still a

capable chip, but Microsoft says no. Not

new enough.

Buy a new computer. Bill Russo runs an

IT consulting firm in Seattle. He told

me Microsoft's hardware requirements

have nothing to do with security or

performance. It's about forcing hardware

upgrades. The PC market was stagnant.

Nobody needed to buy new computers

because their old ones worked fine.

Microsoft partnered with Intel, AMD, and

PC manufacturers to create artificial

obsolescence, [music]

make people buy new hardware, whether

they need it or not. The requirements

are arbitrary. There are workarounds

that let Windows 11 run on older

hardware perfectly fine. [music]

Microsoft just doesn't want you using

them. The forced account that broke

trust. [music] Then there's the

Microsoft account requirement. You can't

install Windows 11 Home without a

Microsoft account anymore. The option to

create a local account during setup

gone, removed. [music] You must sign in

with a Microsoft email and password. You

must connect to the internet [music]

during installation. There's no offline

option, no local account option.

Microsoft controls your login to your

own computer. During the Windows 7 era

and before, you got Microsoft Office for

free with the operating system. Didn't

have to sign in. Didn't have to create

accounts. It just worked. Now, Office is

a subscription service. $100 per year

for Microsoft 365. And it's tied to the

same Microsoft account that controls

your login. Everything connected,

everything tracked, everything

monetized. David Chen bought a new

laptop in March 2025. [music]

Opened it up, started the Windows 11

setup. It demanded a Microsoft account.

[music] He didn't want one. He likes

local accounts. Keeps things private. No

syncing to the cloud. [music] He spent 2

hours searching for workarounds. Found a

method using command prompt tricks.

[music] Microsoft patched it three weeks

later. Now there's another workaround.

Microsoft will patch that, too. It's a

cat-and- mouse game where Microsoft

keeps taking away user choice. Rob

Braxman tested this. He set up Windows

11 on a test machine. [music] During

installation, he tried every possible

way to skip the Microsoft account

requirement. None of them worked without

internet disconnection tricks or command

prompt hacks. [music] He said it's

deliberate user hostile design.

Microsoft wants your data. [music] They

want you locked into their ecosystem.

They want you paying for cloud storage

on one drive, paying for Microsoft 365,

[music] using Edge browser, searching

with Bing, everything funneling back to

Microsoft services, [music] and it's

working. Microsoft reported 252 billion

in revenue for fiscal year 2025.

Over 55% of that came from cloud

services. That's $1 138 billion from the

cloud. When your business depends on

enterprise clients and online

subscriptions, consumer privacy stops

mattering. Home users don't drive

revenue anymore. They're just data

sources to be monetized. The AI nobody

asked for. Then Microsoft went allin on

AI. They invested $13 billion into Open

AI, the company behind Chat GPT. That's

one of the largest single technology

investments Microsoft has ever made. And

with that investment, AI started

appearing everywhere in Windows 11.

C-Pilot integrated into the operating

system. AI features in Word, [music]

Excel, Outlook, Paint. Every application

got AEI whether users wanted it or not.

[music]

Satcha Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, made AI

central to the company's strategy. He

said at a 2024 event that Windows 11 is

becoming an agentic operating system.

Agentic. That's the new buzzword for

autonomous AI. Your PC will make

decisions on your behalf. It'll

anticipate what you need. [music]

It'll act without you asking. The

marketing makes it sound helpful. The

reality is terrifying. C-Pilot watches

everything you do. Microsoft calls it

recall. The feature takes screenshots of

your activity every few seconds, stores

them locally with AI analysis, so you

can search your history using natural

language. Sounds [music] convenient.

Security researchers immediately tore it

apart. The way recall stored data wasn't

properly protected. Malware with local

access could read everything. Your

banking details, your passwords, your

private messages, every [music]

screenshot sitting there unencrypted.

The backlash was immediate. Privacy

advocates called it spyw wear. Security

experts called it dangerous. Microsoft

pulled the feature before launch. It

eventually came back as opt-in with

encryption and stronger [music]

authentication.

But even with improvements, people don't

trust it because once you give software

permission to watch everything, how do

you know it's really only watching what

it claims? Sarah Morrison is a freelance

journalist in Toronto. She covers

privacy and technology. She told me

co-pilot and recall represent a

fundamental shift in how operating

systems work. Traditional OS design says

the computer [music] is a tool. You

control it. It does what you tell it.

Co-pilot [music] flips that. Now the OS

is an agent working on behalf of

Microsoft. It watches you. It learns

from you. It reports data back. You're

not the user anymore. You're the

product. And Microsoft is selling access

[music] to your behavior to advertisers

and partners. What Microsoft is planning

next. Now, here's what's coming. [music]

Microsoft isn't backing down. They're

going harder. C-Pilot is expanding.

Recall is coming back despite the

backlash. They're [music] planning

deeper AI integration in Windows 12

whenever that launches. They're

exploring subscription models [music]

for Windows itself. Pay monthly for your

operating system. That's where this is

headed. Internal documents leaked to the

Verge showed Microsoft testing Windows

subscription tiers. Basic tier with ads

and limited features. Premium tier

without ads and full functionality. This

isn't speculation. They're actively

testing [music] it. And given everything

they've done with Windows 11, does

anyone think they won't implement it

eventually? Your operating system could

become a monthly payment. stop paying,

Windows stops working [music] or drops

to a limited adup supported version.

That's the future Microsoft is building.

[music] Software as a service taken to

its logical extreme. You won't own

anything. You'll rent everything

forever. And they're betting people will

accept it because what choice do you

have? Most users don't know about Linux.

[music] Can't afford Macs? They'll

complain online, then they'll pay the

subscription. Microsoft knows this.

They're counting on it. The bottom line,

[music] November 2025,

Windows 11 sits at 31% adoption, [music]

dropped from 35% 3 months ago. 400

million people running unsupported

Windows 10. [music] This isn't a normal

product launch. This is rejection at

scale.

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>> Microsoft thought they could force AI,

force accounts, force subscriptions,

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force ads, force data collection, and

users [music] would just accept it. They

were wrong. People are leaving,

switching to Linux, buying Macs, staying

on Windows 10 despite security risks.

The revolt is real. The question is

whether Microsoft will respond by

listening to users [music] or by

tightening control further. Every

indication suggests they'll tighten

control because Windows 11 isn't

designed for users. It's designed for

Microsoft's business model. You're not

the customer. You're the resource being

extracted. Your data, your attention,

your subscription payments. That's the

product. And the truly sad part, Windows

used to be the best operating system on

the planet. It made personal computing

accessible. It powered businesses. It

enabled creators. It was a tool that

served users. Windows 11 is a service

that serves Microsoft. [music] And

that's why people are done with it. If

this opened your eyes to what's really

happening with Windows, share it.

Because Microsoft isn't going to tell

you this. Tech Media won't fully cover

it because Microsoft advertises with

them. But users deserve to know what

they're really getting. a surveillance

platform with ads, mandatory AI, and

[music] forced cloud integration. That's

Windows 11, and it's only going to get

worse from here. [music] Subscribe if

you want to see what happens when

Microsoft launches Windows 12 with

subscription tiers [music] because

that's coming. And when it does, the

backlash to Windows 11 will look like

nothing. The revolt is just beginning.