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Haven't they always done this for corporate customers with EoL products?
Yep
Yeah, this is nothing new.
False; it's now going to be offered to consumers, too.
That's the entire article, you're welcome.
Given that the alternative for consumers was to not get security updates at all, that's pretty sweet. I'd either upgrade to Windows 11, or swap to Linux though.
Yeah this is good news to me assuming the updates are priced like the service packs of yesteryear
The change this time around is not 3 more years having to code for IE9 😄
Gods, yes!
In this case machines sold as recently as 2020 are not supported and for the for the last 8 years since 10 came out old computers were less obsolete than in prior eras as SSD were already common and other than gaming or specialized apps computer software hadn't become notably heavier.
Basically many of those now forcibly obsolete machines bought as late as 2020 would have been expected to be in service for years yet either as primary machines or hand me downs. Basically much bitching will be heard.