In reply to Samuel.
Basically you are right. Meaning as in, it’s the responsibility of the owner so it should be his or her choice to run the updates or not… and so suffer the consequences of that choice. If that means EOL so it shall be.

Updates should never be forced other than direct stakeholders in the process (hosting partner e.g.) WordPress.org isn’t one in my opinion. This is where the discussion seems to be about.

To me a non stakeholder interfering with your installation without an explicit opt-in consent is just wrong.