windows 10 end of life?

Hi all.
Well today I was bored and found this article right here.
https://au.pcmag.com/security/102146/microsoft-needs-to-get-serious-about-its-windows-10-upgrade-problem

Its about win10 and its end of life.
To be honest microsoft has really shot itself in the foot with this one.
I agree with the articles authors to be honest.
Win11 had a lot of issues in the past and while some may have been fixed there are still a few popping up.
I have delt with a win11 system that I maintain every 6 months.
There are issues after a mangled office refresh.
Usually I’d just reinstall everything but its not my pc and its only a problem with legacy code so its not a huge issue necessarily.

However my dad’s new system can take 11 and he chose not to.
He was a worker in the tv transmition industry he is now a retired homemaker.
And he has no plans to move.
I have friends some who work in security and they also have no wish to move to a new system due to issues it has had in the past.
Some of these have the latest machines and can get business deals.
I hear of issues from music playback to other stuff every day.
Win10 like 7 and like xp is stable.
The likely hood I will move to win11 is not high.
I brouse the net, access the bank and paypal for things, listen to youtube videos and from time to time do work on the system.
Now I guess if it comes to it and this box breaks I will get another system.
Chances are it will have 11 and then I will use it.
Or maybe I will just load 10 on it instead and take my chances.
I have enough issues getting blind games past the av scanner anyway and I don’t handle security critical stuff 99% of the time anyway.
Also I like the desktop and with all my tweaks to get past the stupid ribbon interface and other things I am pritty much hacking and cracking my way to a compatible system I even use old icon names.
I see no reason to bother.
And especially with all my conditions.
I don’t plan to upgrade ever unless I must.
If I must, I’ll get a system that runs 11 but have a system with 10 for most things.
And I agree on the recycling thing.
With all the environmental stuff going on I do think microsoft needs to rethink windows.
Firstly I’d get rid of tpm support or allow people to run without it.
Then I’d get rid of disk encription, the home user does not need it.
Worse I have had a situation where a system had a board failure and had to pay a hacker to crack the system and get the data off it.
Do microsoft realise how much a home user can’t afford stuff like this and anyway they shouldn’t need to.
Its my opinion of course but for practical reasons win10 should be the user os and anything over that should be for businesses.
It doesn’t need the latest features it can stay static like this till microsoft die we just need a stable system and we have on for the most part.
Thoughts welcome


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