Goes without saying, I reckon, but this obsolescence by design is obviously deliberate....
Stringing us along to sell us the same product we already have, which still works fine, except it's now been rendered incompatible with current versions, so hey -
you need a new operating system and new software, and new outboard hardware, and aw, still doesn't match up? You need a new computer.
AVID, the company that now sells ProTools studio software, actually had language that said basically, "hey, you've got three years of service out of the product you bought from us - we believe it's time you should invest with us again." Never mind that what you've got is still wholly operable. We've arranged so that if any component of your system requires upgrade or replacement, you'll find it necessary to overhaul the entire system, at ever increasing expense. Unless you play our game, which is... subscription. That's right, a protection racket. You pay us a (considerable) yearly fee for the privilege of continuing to use what you've already paid for, and avoid the consequences of not cooperating. Be a shame if you's to have to upgrade that entire setup again, eh?
Apple and the others work a similar hoodoo with their constant unnecessary reinventions. Ten years ago they were heralding Mac OS as "the most advanced operating system on the planet." Yet somehow they've continually found it needing repairs and fixes and improvements, to the point that if you do buy a new unit, you can fully expect its operating system to become "an older version" within months of your purchase. When it was a matter of innovating for the purpose of persuading customers to choose their products, manufacturers needed to impress the user and took his interests and preferences seriously, incorporating them into hardware and software design. Now that the world is dependent on computers, they're in a position to manipulate the marketplace and the whole direction of development to benefit not the user, but their corporation's economic dominance. It's all about the stockholders and growth, and ways to milk the same customer base to make the numbers continue to increase. That's why the contorted maze of compatibility issues fouls the customer experience. Policies are implemented to coerce the public into accepting what's not in their own interests. It doesn't have to make sense, just has to make money.
Forgive verbosity. I use a Mac Mini. Prefer it over Windows, but Apple has just become dishonorable in my observation.