> That's an odd take... open source is a software licensing model, not a business model.

Yes, open-source is a software license model, not a business model. It is also not a software support model.

This change is them essentially declaring that MinIO is EOL and will not have any further updates.

For comparison, Windows 10 which is a paid software released in the same year as first minio release i.e. 2015 is already EOL.