Cubase 10.5 next week?

Did you read the link someone else posted?

Steinberg are at least being transparent about this particular aspect of Cubase development. Windows 7 does not support newer technologies, it’s close to End Of Life as an OS. There’s literally nothing to complain about and calling it blackmail is just plain silly.

If what you have now works perfectly for you, then there’s no need to upgrade is there. If you want new stuff, then you will have to upgrade.