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That was a joke, but it's why the OP was so ironic. Google has absolutely terrible support. You can't even use their products when they discontinue them, and

That was a joke, but it's why the OP was so ironic. Google has absolutely terrible support. You can't even use their products when they discontinue them, and they discontinue them all the time. Maybe I should have used Nest for my example, which people actually paid for, put in their houses, and now can't use any more. Last release of XP was 11 years ago. Extended support ended 5 years ago. Yet people who want to use it still can, and even still get occasional security patches. Even Vista is still usable and gets updated, as mentioned in a sibling comment.

semi-extrinsic 7y ago
The difference is probably in part caused by the markets for Google vs. Microsoft products that we are discussing. If Google shafts a private person they might get angry and buy Apple next time, and Google loses a few hundred bucks. But if Microsoft shafts the XP machine in a hospital that runs their old MRI machine or whatever, that's a potential PR crisis and possibly a million-dollar lawsuit.