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What is the point in an official upgrade if it is unsupported? Seems like a way to trick people into an upgrade so they can start nagging users to throw away their hardware and get a new computer.
So glad I don't have to worry about this bullshit on my 11+ year old computer that is perfectly fine running Linux without any major issue or lack of support.
Security updates, mostly. If you're running an old Windows install on a computer connected to the internet, it's only a matter if time until it gets comprom byised.
But yeah, I'm also on Linux, so no worries here.
The article calls that out explicitly:
What is the point in upgrading if you wont get security upgrades either way. Just more spyware and ads in the newer version.