This is a Tinkerbell argument, but it's accurate enough. Python 2 will exist in some form, while people believe in it enough. But as you say, that support is li

This is a Tinkerbell argument, but it's accurate enough. Python 2 will exist in some form, while people believe in it enough. But as you say, that support is likely to be paid. Many deployments rely on more than a supported cpython binary. External packages and the rest of the server stack. The Python community has largely dropped Python 2 support. If you don't need that, great. If you do... Then what? You could pay people to support your entire stack. You could upgrade. It's that choice that makes Python 2 dead. You can still run Windows 2000. Doesn't mean it's not dead.