By Sergiu Gatlan @serghei - October 24, 2022 Google: Sunsetting support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in early 2023
That's ** up. So since I'm on W7P64 that means I have to give up Vivaldi? I mean I'm surmising Chromium is going along with this.
Without a doubt, it is definitely that. There is however, a very thin ray of hope, and it is based solely on one word in the release... "likely".
What about this: https://winaero.com/microsoft-intends-to-extend-paid-support-for-windows-7-until-2026/ Also see file information for update KB5015861 (.csv) from line 11662.