[circularfoyers]

Only when using a release that is EOL is it shooting yourself in the foot in regards to security. It doesn't matter if the new release is free or not (Linux and BSD are), not everyone wants to track the latest release for whatever reason they like and there's no problem with that if it still receives timely security updates, which is a standard practice on every other OS. If Apple doesn't want to do this, it should be clearly stated. Otherwise as this behavior is outside of the norm, Apple should be rightly critised for it.