[osigurdson]

It doesn't have to be thrown out, just keep using Windows 10. Oh, but you still want security patches for your old hardware and insist that it must be free - got it.

I suspect if you were willing to cough up a few $B you could get companies to support any old hardware that you want, indefinitely.

[anonymars]

Is Microsoft advertising their paid extended support as an option, or are they saying "buy a new machine"?

[osigurdson]

They likely ran the numbers and decide that it would be sub economic due to the small number of takers. Offering support for a very high that actually covers the costs + ROI would be laughable and just create negative PR.

[anonymars]

You seem to misunderstand. I'm not asking "does this program exist". The program does exist. But it is de-emphasized in favor of "lolz just buy a new computer".