Many people pointed out in the replies to my previous post that many working and good computers all of a sudden became obsolete as #Microsoft lifted the bar with their Windows 11 requirements. And here, yes, I do agree with those who reproach the company — there must not be any artificial requirement for an upgrade, like "buy a new PC/phone/any other hardware not because it's incompatible, but because I said so". but other than that, I'm still on my position: to support more than one version of such a huge product as an operating system is cumbersome, time-consuming and frustrating. some compared it to iOS versions, but that comparison is not quite fair: iOS versions get released every year, but major versions of Windows have a many-year support cycle.
So yes, in my opinion, the subscription model is fair but Microsoft should remove the requirement for a specific generation of CPU, TPM or whatever else which is nothing to do with compatibility per se.