My desktop has a 16-core Threadripper 1st Gen and I have zero reason to upgrade the hardware outside of "Microsoft refuses to let me upgrade the software". Yes

My desktop has a 16-core Threadripper 1st Gen and I have zero reason to upgrade the hardware outside of "Microsoft refuses to let me upgrade the software". Yes, I know you can force an unsupported upgrade, but I'm absolutely waiting for the other shoe to drop. Microsoft absolutely will start deactivating Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, mark my words. Why? It's simple: Windows 11 exists to force you to buy new hardware. While Windows is technically a retail product, nobody buys it. That's why they dropped the charade of upgrade copies and made Windows 10 a free update. Everyone buys Windows with their PC anyway, so the only way Microsoft gets more money out of Windows is if they make people upgrade their PCs more often so they buy more OEM licenses. We've already seen with the whole local account debacle[0] and Edge[1] that Microsoft will do anything to users if they think they'll make a buck somewhere down the line. I could totally see Microsoft just saying the quiet part out loud, changing their EULA to make running Windows on unsupported hardware a form of piracy. [0] To be clear, I like Microsoft account sign-in. [1] Man, I remember when Edge came out. It was actually good but needed some polish. Then they switched to Chromium and somehow enshittified it more.