Also, once you get to Java 11, you need to either pay for the LTS version or be prepared to update Java every 6 months with no overlap. Because of the increase

Also, once you get to Java 11, you need to either pay for the LTS version or be prepared to update Java every 6 months with no overlap. Because of the increased release cadence, there is also no guarantee that there won't be breaking changes between LTS versions. (Java 9 already became the first Java release ever to actually remove deprecated classes, although in a very minor way).