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Not in the US.
The point of LTSC builds of Win10 is they will keep getting security updates, in some cases until the 2030s. That's what the actual article we're all supposed to be talking about is explaining.
So yes, there is a planned solution to keep a secure build of Win10 for businesses for at least a few more years. For that reason. That's what this conversation is about. Normally I'd chastise people for not reading through to the body of the linked article, but this time it's right in the headline. You literally could not have reached this post without reading it at least once.
It's called having a conversation and typically in those people move past the starting point on to other related topics. There's no need to read malice into it.
You're welcome to not answer further, too.
Hey, no, no malice read into it and I'm all for having a conversation about the subject. But it's also true that if we have to litigate the basic facts we're talking about (specifically, that Windows 10 WILL in fact have purchaseable security upgrades for several more years) over multiple posts it's just not a very productive conversation, you know? Ideally the chat starts from the actual information being shared in the link, or at the very least in the headline.
In any case, yes, businesses will need to keep getting security updates and they will get security updates for the foreseeable, be it by moving to Win11 where they can or by moving to the long term support tracks for Win10 where the hardware doesn't support it or it's cheaper.