in the consumer versions, yes. but more generally that will still remain an option for some time at least.
for now, there's windows 10 LTSC, updates until 2032. I would get her this. after that she could still use windows 11 LTSC releases, which don't receive surprise function changes because businesses use it for critical things.
now that you say this, it is also so wasteful for all of us to leave our homes empty while we go to work! we need to illegalize homeownership, and we need to require all landlords to host multiple families in their properties! It's not only the empty space, the empty beds and toilet, but also the fridges that keep consuming power, even though nobody is actively using them!
I think their point is that signal knows the phone number associated to each account, and in lots of countries nowadays phone numbers are only obtained after identity verification.
sealed sender is supposed to hide the identity of the sender from signal servers, but it's security is questionable as it's based on blackbox hardware not even signal staff can audit.
I did not downvote you