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@heynnema this is the typical behavior here on Ask Ubuntu for comments - after they've served a purpose they get flagged and/or deleted - that's been this way since LONG before even I was a moderator, and has always been how comments behave. The other times you see comments like this not get deleted are when they get moved to chat because y'all overuse comments and don't use the "Take this to chat instead" option it poses you when you use too many comments. In which case, those comments are erased anyways.
@C.S.Cameron it is my understanding that Ubuntu Core is just a variant of plain Ubuntu that's locked down to, and driven by, purely snaps and no other mechanisms for installing packages like apt.. To that end, I would surmise that as long as the Ubuntu Core release is marketed as an LTS the standard LTS support periods of 5 years apply just like standard Ubuntu LTS support is.
The bot is 'hiding' comments from some reviewers - those comments are being done by reviewers, not an automated bot. It's a 'recent' change, but it's a much disliked one by moderators.
I've made a slight tweak to your post karel, to emphasise that ESM is Canonical only support because the current policy is that once it goes past of EoSS it's no longer under Ask Ubuntu coverage.
I'm going to disagree with my fellow moderator here on an opinion basis. The "freeze" tag is a tag that is not suitable I think for existing. Not that questions regarding 'freezing systems" are offtopic - they should be "performance" tagged instead - but the 'freeze" tag itself is too ambiguous. I'm a supporter of it being a blocked tag but a warning show up instead saying "If your system is freezing, use the performance tag."
Officially, Ubuntu 18.04 was the last Ubuntu variant to ship 32bit. And while there are a core set of packages for 32-bit in the repos for later releases, those are mostly for driver support and certain packages that require their 32bit compatible counterparts to function. The only 'migration' options would be to backup data and go to Debian which still supports 32-bit OSes last I checked.
I disagree with this solely on the fact that specific 'text' links to the Ubuntu Releases list which includes the specific dates. Is there a reason that you want us to be extra verbose rather than suggest to users they check the actual dates/releases on the Ubuntu wiki and use the official dates there instead of ballparking it themselves?
@RichardJUschold Ask Ubuntu has NEVER been a true bug reporting location. Filing bugs on Launchpad is the proper way to file bugs, however not all packages are actively monitored so you are NOT guaranteed responses to your bugs. Ask Ubuntu has always closed bug reports as offtopic, this would've been no exception to that rule.
Secondly, corporate entities are not required under any laws or legal jurisdictions internationally to answer direct requests for specific information, as you ahve seen in their replies. The same applies to Canonical, they aren't required to share more than they have.
As you can see, from Stack Exchange's reply, the Community and its moderators have influence on a given site, and Ask Ubuntu even with the informal agreements has ALWAYS listened to the general guidance of Canonical and Ubuntu with regards to end of life and such. Canonical doesn't directly govern us, but they do govern the general Ubuntu world and are permitted to issue guidance on that. And for the most part, we've always listened to their suggestions and statements.
