Windows 7 EOL - Subscription Updates?

Hello all fellow nerds,
I am trying to inquiry on more information on Windows 7 and extended support. Reading through a few articles online and chatting with a Microsoft partner, it has come to my attention that Windows 7 will be halting mainstream support for Windows 7 users in
Jan 2015 but continuing extended support until 2020. The clinger here is that if you want the extended support with all the bells and whistles (i.e. critical security updates) you have to have a paid subscription? 
My question is, does this apply to the home end-user or everyone? Working in a Corporate environment I would hope they do not require us to pay a subscription service, considering we already invest so much time and money into the Enterprise products and
licensing support. 
Does anyone have any thoughts on this and more information?

Security update support is continued in the extended support phase. Extended support is available to everyone. For the differences between mainstream and extended support, please see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
To see the support timeline for a particular product see
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect

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