Meanwhile, the rest of the world continues to use Linux more and more.

I have been using both GNU/Linux and Windows in desktops and servers, professionally and personally, for many years (closing on two decades). GNU/Linux has always been more stable than Windows, always.

On the subject of updating, Windows still does not have a system wide software updating system. Each software vendor has to make its own or let the user update/upgrade the software manually. Compare that with GNU/Linux were updating most/all of the software on the system is trivially simple.