And if you can’t because they’ve been moved or “mysteriously misplaced,” charge him for grand larceny and arrest him (IANAL so there is probably a better legal term for this).
I don’t think that “sure, I stole from them, but I “lost” what I stole so we cool now,” is a valid legal defense. But I’m not a disbarred lawyer, so I could be wrong.
Yeah, at a certain point it’s the consumer’s (and blog writer’s) fault, and that’s after EoL. Not patching a supported one and just getting rid of support, saying buy a newer one? Yeah, that’s bad.
Continuing to not support an EoL model that you already don’t support due to EoL (or even dropping support for an EoL model that no one expected you to support in the first place due to EoL)? Non-issue.