> Sure. But I don't have to upgrade my whole userland from Win 10 to Win 11 for hardware compatibility. I don't have to upgrade my core OS to run a new version

> Sure. But I don't have to upgrade my whole userland from Win 10 to Win 11 for hardware compatibility. I don't have to upgrade my core OS to run a new version of Lightroom. uh... yes, you do, all the time. Lightroom currently requires Windows 10 1903, a 2 years old OS. Most likely in very few years it'll require Win11.