As expected, Windows 10’s usage share growth sank after Microsoft ended the free upgrade it had offered customers for the past year.

According to analytics vendor StatCounter, Windows 10’s week-over-week gains in the first two weeks of August were 0.13 and 0.15 percentage points, respectively. The increases were the smallest of any two-week span this year, with the exception of two different times — in April, again in July — when Windows 10’s share fell from one week to the next.

If the remainder of August plays out the same as the first half, Windows 10 will post a one-month increase about a third of July’s and approximately a fourth of June’s.

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