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From what I read, the +5 yrs with a Pro account is on top of the LTS 5 yrs support.
Say Xenial ended last April 2021. With Pro that extends it another 5yrs. With it support ends some time in 2026?
But that is not +5 from when you got the Pro account. It started ticking the moment Xenial EOL'd. So if I signed up Pro now, my Xenial updates will still end on 2026. Should work for later LTS versions, +5 after base 5 on the same Pro account free up to 5 machines.