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How bad would running Windows 10 past support be exactly? Seems like most vulnerabilities should have been patched by now.
There's always going to be vulnerabilities, that's why they're ending support. They don't want to spend time updating an OS they don't want people using.
Windows 10 is probably fairly secure... today. In 2 years, someone might discover a new vulnerability, and you won't get the update. If there's a new way to do web security and the browsers need OS support to implement it, you'll be stuck on legacy security settings.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know how many critical vulnerabilities are currently unpatched in Windows 7?
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-26/product_id-17153/Microsoft-Windows-7.html