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by internet2000 2048 days ago
Which makes it kind of a pointlessly obtuse metric. To claim a device has negative months of support.
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It's accurate, though. When I am evaluating devices to buy, a metric I care about is "after I buy this, how long will it remain up-to-date with security patches?" And the answer to that question is "on the day that you buy it, it is already several months behind on security patches and will not improve." That metric is not the be-all-end-all of support, but is meaningful, and low or negative values have the correct interpretation in that context.
It's not pointless at all. It accurately reflects the situation of buying a device off the shelf long after its official end of life.
Sorry, I don't follow.