"Statcounter Stats Go Wonky This Month" wouldn't have made enough clicks, I suppose. Even the wording of the 2nd paragraph misses the point - this is obviously not statistical fluctuation. They didn't even bother to look into the more granular data either.

1 in 4 people did not switch to Windows 7 in one week https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desk.... It's really quite jarring this is not the focus of discussion.