W11 is still in beta, but Windows never was owned by the user, only has a license to use it. MS in every moment can block the OS for diferent reasons. The risk of W11 is that they with this version can control which Soft you can use and which not. But this is a theme what can be discuted in 2022 or 2023. W10 has support at least until 2025 minimum.
The risk is not w11 actually (I don’t use ms-win, and people who use it don’t care about other OSs), it’s HW lock up. Most of the HW OEMs produce is oriented to ms-win on the desktop land (laptops and the like). And OEMs are already trying to be compliant with TPM requirements for w11, so since now we can see signs of what’s to come. But you’re right, there’s no crystal ball which can predict what’s going to happen.
Price wise, also specs wise, and availability everywhere, the HW produced specifically to support other OSs than just ms-win, doesn’t compare to what OEMs tend to produce, which usually is sold to the end user with ms-win on it… But we’ll see.
