Because of course every one of (the very few) users is going to complain on HN about a product they use being EOL'ed. An to put it in perspective, Intel's IOT

Because of course every one of (the very few) users is going to complain on HN about a product they use being EOL'ed. An to put it in perspective, Intel's IOT group, which is (lol) mostly Point of Sale and MRI machines, does $3bn of revenue a year. Intel is a big ship, and outside of new platforms (like smartphones were), there are few meaningful ways to diversify. Hell, even if they bought NXP (one of the actual leaders in IOT), that would still only constitute 10% of their revenue.