Comment on Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
LiveLGNProsper@lemmy.world 8 months agoWhat if a security exploit happens to affect that older version of Steam that’s no longer updated and somebody’s able to hack your account change your password change your email now they have a brand new entire steam library that you no longer have anymore. Would you rather that? This is more of them covering themselves legally, so if that were to happen, they cannot be sued
btaf45@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I would rather Steam let me play all my games I legally purchased on Windows 7 outside of steam. If Steam is not going to work on Windows 7 than stay the hell out of the way and let me play the games I bought and have installed on my computer.
kescusay@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This isn’t Steam’s fault. The OS is dead because Microsoft killed it (as part of their ongoing planned-obsolescence operating system program). There is no conceivable way Steam can maintain security for anyone’s account on an OS that hasn’t received security updates for three years.
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Jesus Christ 🤦♂️
The OS is over 10 years old. No one in Linux land gets that level of support either.
btaf45@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t want any “support” from Steam. All I want is for Steam to not actively block me from running my purchased games on my computer.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Nothing unusual about cutting the cord at some point when major updates introduce big enough differences that it becomes a pain to make sure things start compatible.
I swear some people around here must be mad that Microsoft doesn’t release Windows 98 updates anymore…
btaf45@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Microsoft doesn’t stop you from playing the games that already ran on your Windows 98 computer either. False equivelance.
btaf45@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Then they need to drop the DRM nonsense and let people use their desktop applications/games that they purchased.
It IS Steam’s fault that Steam forces people to use a DRM system which they then shut down. Who else’s fault would it be?
It’s not Google’s fault that Steam forces people to use a DRM system which they then shut down.
It’s not Microsoft’s fault that Steam forces people to use a DRM system which they then shut down.
It’s not Windows 7/8 user’s fault that Steam forces people to use a DRM system which they then shut down.
I can play GOG games without using GOG. The least that Steam can do is created a lightweight app that let’s users play the games that they have already installed on their computer. Forget about “security” and “accounts”. Just don’t get in the way of users running their own games on their own computers.
flamingarms@feddit.uk 8 months ago
You want Valve to develop a version of Steam that circumvents their own DRM to play local files? What would prevent people from using that to pirate things even more easily? I can imagine they’d have some trouble with publishers as well for doing that. There are already largely standardized cracks for steam and emulators for steam; just use that. Regardless, no solution will work for any game using DRM other than Steam, like Denuvo, so you’ll have to rely on pirates for those regardless.