Raising this dead article as Microsoft now delivers extended support pricing details for those who choose not to migrate to the newer version of Windows. The one they were told they'd not ever have to migrate to
And the thing of it is, millions of non-tech savvy people would not mind about having to move to Windows 11 and would do so in due course if Microsoft didn't deliberately cripple it so it won't run on a wide swath of not-too-old hardware.
On the one hand I understand that it is expensive to keep providing support. However, that should not be an excuse. If the company does not want to support it they should have community support. We need more homegrown support and operating systems