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Considering that when people paid $100 for that OS they were told that it would be the "last Windows to be released", shouldn't there be a class action lawsuit?
They weren't told that, that was an off-hand comment by an employee (not even a spokesperson) that the media took and ran with. Source:
I think they meant "latest" not "last."
Which is largely true, there have been a number of "service packs" that were released as regular updates throughout the Windows 10 lifespan. So it definitely seems they want people to not think about the specific Windows version they're on. From that article:
Windows 7, for example, had one major service pack, with a few isolated updates, whereas Windows 10 had a major update about every 6 months, and each one of those checkpoints was supported for about a year and a half. The final update was at the end of 2022, and it's support runs 3 years.
So yeah, I think they met what they said, but the messaging wasn't particularly clear how long that support would be provided for.