Disgusting. On behalf of its hardware partners Microsoft seeks to force the needless disposal of hundreds of millions of pre-TPM2 hardware devices, on the basis of a lie that is here laid bare. Windows 11 could in fact run on those computers, just as Microsoft could easily continue to provide security patches for Windows 10.
The best solution here would be for courts throughout the world to show Microsoft that it can not unilaterally evade liability for Windows security defects that it created, sold, has the ability to mitigate, and recklessly and for profit chooses not to do so with no reasonable justification. Just a small handful of the results are pipelines shut, hospitals and police departments crippled, billions of dollars extracted from the economy and in some cases channeled to state actors otherwise under US sanctions who may use the money for terrorism and other violence.
If Microsoft will neither continue support for these devices nor provide an upgrade path for them, they should be bankrupted out of business. Linux runs on all these devices including with ongoing security support.