Genuine Windows 11 permanent license, directly sold for 70 yuan. You’re not seeing things, it’s just 70 yuan. The world’s top technology giant, with the highest market value, is selling its flagship product at a bargain price.


This is not some old trick of “clearance sale.” Windows 11 is in its prime, and Microsoft isn’t short of money. So who is this move aimed at? Is it to regain lost desktop users, or to block domestic operating systems?
The answer is hidden in Microsoft's just-released financial report.
Overall performance is impressive: total revenue of $82.89B, up 18.3% year-over-year; net profit of $31.78B, up 23.1%. Especially the AI business, with Copilot paid seats surpassing 20 million, and annual revenue soaring to $37 billion, a 123% increase year-over-year.
But one segment is dragging behind—the Personal Computing division. Revenue of $13.19 billion, down 1% year-over-year, the only one among the three main businesses to decline. Among them, Windows OEM licensing continues to lose users, down 2% year-over-year.
This isn’t about making money; it’s about whether they can hold onto their core user base. Desktop systems are Microsoft’s foundation. If that foundation is unstable, all the AI and cloud services on top are at risk.
Even more painful is the data: after Windows 10 ended support, its market share not only didn’t collapse but actually increased again. Windows 11’s adoption remains stagnant, and the overall Windows share has dropped below 67%. Some users are starting to switch to Linux, and the ecosystem’s stickiness is truly loosening.
In plain terms, users no longer see you as indispensable. Previously, switching systems was like a blood transfusion; now young people think, as long as it can run browsers and install common software, they don’t care what system it is underneath. #Gate广场五月交易分享 $MSFTON
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