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Here's the thing: Microsoft does not WANT to be supporting so many versions of the OS. You can say it's a business decision, but really it's common sense.
Let's re-imagine this scenario without the use of technical terms or money.
You invent a gizmo that makes your life better. You let your friends and family borrow your gizmo. But this gizmo requires constant maintenance otherwise it becomes unusable or dangerous.
You invent a doodad that does nearly all of the things the gizmo did, and does quite a few things that the gizmo cannot do. However, this doodad also needs maintenance otherwise it becomes unuseable or dangerous. Plus many of your friends and family still use the gizmo instead.
Right now you are still maintaining both the gizmo and the doodad, which takes a lot of time out of your day.
Now you invent the Thing, which is a little different from both the gizmo and the doodad, but is far easier to maintain and can go longer without maintenance. Now you want all your friends and family to stop using the gizmo and the doodad and instead use the Thing, because you're bloody sick of spending all your time maintaining the gizmo and the doodad.