Gents, while I sympathize with the never ending new versions of Windows, we need to remember Microsoft is a company that's supposed to make as much profit as legally possible. They cannot do that here without coming up with new versions of their Operating System to sell.
While I think the forcing of folks to upgrade their hardware for "security reasons" walks the line on being bogus, and seems to be a juicy steak for it's OEM Partners (hello Intel, AMD, Dell, HP, Asus, Gigabyte, etc.), I guess their marketing plan was to draw a line in the sand and keep moving on towards new orders that are easier to support on these platforms.
While I focus exclusively on Windows Boxes to support close Friends and Family, I could see a lot of opposition to future Windows (12 anyone?) offerings if they start putting advertising on it. Corporate Customers would never stand for it distracting their employees from their assigned work. (It's hard enough for employers to keep their staff focused these days). If MS ever loses the corporate crowd, they will be in big trouble.
My take is we want to keep current enough so the operating system gets patches and updates to maintain itself securely. Right now Windows 10 is fine, but I recommend migrating for free, if you can, before it loses support in October 2025. By then hopefully the annoying bits of Windows 11 will be fixed. I have 11 on a couple personal Boxes and found the most annoying bits can be solved by installing StartAllBack which is amazing. My laptop is running 10 and it lacks the hardware required for 11. (I know there is a work around.) Maybe I'll just treat myself to a new Laptop in 2025 or so...