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You need to speak to every IT department worth a pinch of salt then; as no longer receiving security updates is a critical problem. That critical problem is solved by most IT departments by disposing of perfectly good computers, paying to have their SSDs shredded, and buying new computers.
Business IT is not personal IT. OP's right. Joe User isn't going to know or give a shit as long as his PC boots and he can get to FaceBook.