> When exactly is 'before'?

"Exactly"? I'm afraid that's not a very physically sound request. But let's say, prior to 2026-02-14T03:46:03Z then. I hope that suffices.

> Of course I wouldn't have been able to come up with this statement

That would make sense, because you specifically I never expected to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_you

> Also why just hundreds of millions.. Go for hundreds of billions if you're just going to pull out numbers

You see, that would be because I did not just pull out an arbitrary number. "How many Windows users there are" is a reported fact you can just search for, and even the total is not "billions" (plural). I know, I was surprised too. From the horse's mouth: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/06/24/stay-...