They're currently running a pilot with a couple models on extending repair services to vintage models in all areas, not just the handful of places where it's required by law.
Assuming that is continued/expanded in the future, that'll give you ~7 years or so of official hardware support after the model goes out of production instead of 5.
I do not in any way support locking down hardware, but most hardware will be pretty shot and not worth putting money into at 8 years or more down the line.
My nearly 15 year old PPC Macs take offense! Seriously, for light tasks around the house, they are still useful (granted, not at all secure or current but that's not an issue in all use cases.) Yeah, I get that I'm an edge case...
Assuming that is continued/expanded in the future, that'll give you ~7 years or so of official hardware support after the model goes out of production instead of 5.
I do not in any way support locking down hardware, but most hardware will be pretty shot and not worth putting money into at 8 years or more down the line.