Steam dropping Windows 7 and Windows 8 Support in 2024 - because of course a game platform is locked to one shitty web browser

[Mothra1988]

You're a dumb ass nigga if you think Valve had any say in this decision lmao. Besides Valve wants you off Windows entirely and to use linux with proton. This decision boils down to the use of Chromium which will stop being maintained for 7 and 8.1 builds. The MacOS EOL is thanks to Apple being retards with older computer hardware (even if it's not that old). Actually read for once instead of being a reactionary faglord, it will do you a lot of favors.

Calm down, nerd.

 

[Womble of Wimbledon]

Since this was announced I kept getting emails from steam written in fucking Urdu or something saying my account was compromised. So I said fuck it and deleted my account, haven't used it in over a decade anyway

 

[pikachudidnothingwrong]

So many willing tech bro/big tech shit eaters and apologists here I see.

Why would this mean games get deleted from your account? Either way, you should probably download them to your Iomega Zip Drive to be safe.

Not deleted but what about games that don't work on newer OS's? I've had Steam force update to use it or any games at all. Are they going to lock down older versions like this?

After that date, the Steam Client will no longer run on those versions of Windows. In order to continue running Steam and any games or other products purchased through Steam, users will need to update to a more recent version of Windows

That part, if true as stated. Is bullshit! There are ALREADY games, major dev/pub games, on steam that DO NOT work on modern systems but are still sold. So I have little doubt that they care about this. All this for basically a downloader update... An overcomplicated authoritarian downloader and gatekeeper.

 

[Slav Power]

So many willing tech bro/big tech shit eaters and apologists here I see.



Not deleted but what about games that don't work on newer OS's? I've had Steam force update to use it or any games at all. Are they going to lock down older versions like this?



That part, if true as stated. Is bullshit! There are ALREADY games, major dev/pub games, on steam that DO NOT work on modern systems but are still sold. So I have little doubt that they care about this. All this for basically a downloader update... An overcomplicated authoritarian downloader and gatekeeper.

Writhing and screaming that a corporation won't support a decade old OS isn't smart either. There is zero incentive in keeping a decade old OS alive just because a bunch of autists scream about their freedumbz being taken away, because closed source software from corporations won't support their outdated closed source OS from a corporation that doesn't see any incentive in keeping it alive because it won't bring them profit.

Switch to Linux and pirate your games. If you're not willing to do that then shut the fuck up because you're not using free software in the first place, you're complaining about something you're already okay with but you justify it through some convoluted mental backflip.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

if you think Valve had any say in this decision lmao

who the fuck else makes steam lol

 

[Mothra1988]

Writhing and screaming that a corporation won't support a decade old OS isn't smart either. There is zero incentive in keeping a decade old OS alive just because a bunch of autists scream about their freedumbz being taken away, because closed source software from corporations won't support their outdated closed source OS from a corporation that doesn't see any incentive in keeping it alive because it won't bring them profit.

Switch to Linux and pirate your games. If you're not willing to do that then shut the fuck up because you're not using free software in the first place, you're complaining about something you're already okay with but you justify it through some convoluted mental backflip.

Imagine getting this mad that other people don't put Bill Gates' 67 year old dick in their mouths and worship his latest spyware. lol
>Durrr just install Linux
Have sex. lol

 

[The Ugly One]

Not deleted but what about games that don't work on newer OS's? I've had Steam force update to use it or any games at all. Are they going to lock down older versions like this?

You do the same thing people who were using Windows 98/ME when Steam dropped support in 2007, or when they dropped Windows 2000 support in 2008, or when they dropped Windows XP support in 2018. You switch Steam to offline mode and never turn it back on again, or you update your computer, finally.

Everyone was warned of this back when people were gargling St Gaben the Fat's balls back in 2005 and acted like he'd rescued the world from Hitler, Stalin, and Mao combined. Users of an always-online platform are beholden to the platform provider's terms at all times. If you want to use an internet-connected platform, keep it up to date. Expect to have legacy functionality you liked taken away at some point. It's going to happen. It always happens.

It's why I actively avoid Internet of Shit devices. It's why any game I buy on Steam is one I don't mind eventually losing. Do not give a corporation money for an always-online service and expect its requirements to never change.

 

[pikachudidnothingwrong]

Everyone was warned of this back when people were gargling St Gaben the Fat's balls back in 2005 and acted like he'd rescued the world from Hitler, Stalin, and Mao combined. Users of an always-online platform are beholden to the platform provider's terms at all times. If you want to use an internet-connected platform, keep it up to date. Expect to have legacy functionality you liked taken away at some point. It's going to happen. It always happens.

It's why I actively avoid Internet of Shit devices. It's why any game I buy on Steam is one I don't mind eventually losing. Do not give a corporation money for an always-online service and expect its requirements to never change.

You don't have to tell me. I was one of the people warning everyone. (not just about gaming but everything else too) But so many normies in gaming now! Fuck digital only, fuck streaming and FUCK gatekeeping PC games!

 

[RSLUG30]

It's why I actively avoid Internet of Shit devices. It's why any game I buy on Steam is one I don't mind eventually losing. Do not give a corporation money for an always-online service and expect its requirements to never change.

This is becoming incredibly difficult these days though - half of the electronics I see in stores now seem to have some kind of internet connected gimmick to them, games for pc are almost exclusively sold on online stores where you only own license to download and play the game from their service, and physical based media is dead in favor of streaming services.

I know GOG still rocks offline installers so you'll technically have a working copy forever (assuming you back up the installers), but their game selection is pretty lacking if you're looking for new stuff or anything that isn't indie.
Piracy is still an option, but that's a constant rat race between DRM and crackers with the AAA gaming piracy scene being pretty grim right now thanks to modern denuvo being uncrackable outside of a single schizophrenic and a mysterious football manager addict.

 

[Slav Power]

Imagine getting this mad that other people don't put Bill Gates' 67 year old dick in their mouths and worship his latest spyware. lol
>Durrr just install Linux
Have sex. lol

As always, if I'm not screaming and being mad about Winfows 7 being abandoned I personally suck off Bill Gates. Jesus fuck every single retard in this thread has the same infantile argumentation of their autism and whenever I dare to say something that undermines it it boils down to argumentum ad personam.

You really are a massive bunch of joyless faggots, you know that?

 

[GilaCutter]

I personally suck off Bill Gates

You heard it here folks!

 

[The Ugly One]

This is becoming incredibly difficult these days though - half of the electronics I see in stores now seem to have some kind of internet connected gimmick to them, games for pc are almost exclusively sold on online stores where you only own license to download and play the game from their service, and physical based media is dead in favor of streaming services.

I know GOG still rocks offline installers so you'll technically have a working copy forever (assuming you back up the installers), but their game selection is pretty lacking if you're looking for new stuff or anything that isn't indie.
Piracy is still an option, but that's a constant rat race between DRM and crackers with the AAA gaming piracy scene being pretty grim right now thanks to modern denuvo being uncrackable outside of a single schizophrenic and a mysterious football manager addict.

We're not talking about food or air here. We're talking about things that are completely unnecessary for life. If some corporation made an always-online video game you want to play, but it's too expensive for you to justify buying it, since they could take the servers offline any day? Just don't buy it. Easy. Do something else with your money.

 

[Cpt. Stud Beefpile]

We're not talking about food or air here. We're talking about things that are completely unnecessary for life.

Wow, what a retarded argument, that definition applies to so many things it's meaningless.

We're talking about something that is one of the vanishingly few hobbies that the modern person can afford, both in terms of time and money, between working for 2-3 lousy jobs with no paid time off.

 

[The Ugly One]

Wow, what a retarded argument, that definition applies to so many things it's meaningless.

We're talking about something that is one of the vanishingly few hobbies that the modern person can afford, both in terms of time and money, between working for 2-3 lousy jobs with no paid time off.

Have kids - you won't have time or money, problem solved!

 

[RSLUG30]

We're not talking about food or air here. We're talking about things that are completely unnecessary for life. If some corporation made an always-online video game you want to play, but it's too expensive for you to justify buying it, since they could take the servers offline any day? Just don't buy it. Easy. Do something else with your money.

>We're talking about things that are completely unnecessary for life.
If you boil it down a lot of things fall into that category, not just vidya.
Why make good food when a delicious desiccated sustenance bar will do? Why get comfy furniture when you can sit on the floor? Why have a toilet when the streets and bushes work just fine?
There's more to life than the bare necessities, unless you're a miser who lives in a 1800's cottage, in which case keep being based.

This isn't an advocation for consumerism or steam at all, we're getting fucked over by always-online DRM shit because that's the only legal and convenient way you can obtain most media nowadays.
It's important to support businesses which don't continue this practice that leaves you with a product that will eventually disappear/become a useless digital paperweight, which is why I mentioned GOG and their offline installers because you can always use those installers to get the game you spent good money on back, even if they go under. I'm still not going to spend 60 bux on a video game though, no matter their practices.

 

[The Ugly One]

>We're talking about things that are completely unnecessary for life.
If you boil it down a lot of things fall into that category, not just vidya.
Why make good food when a delicious desiccated sustenance bar will do? Why get comfy furniture when you can sit on the floor? Why have a toilet when the streets and bushes work just fine?

Yes, if you decide not to buy a particular video game, you might as well just live in a shack and shit in a bush.

 

[Smar Mijou]

I refuse to buy anything that is IOT based or relies on a subscription that can be arbitrarily shut down on the whims of a corporation with no regard to paying customers. It happens to trivial things like mobile games all the time, and even big corporations are increasingly fucking over their customers with this. Amazon just announced that they are "winding down" their Halo health app, rendering their line of devices useless after August 1 this year. But no need to worry, all of those devices can be "recycled", which I'm sure means that absolutely none of the lithium batteries, metals, or anything else from them will EVER end up in some landfill somewhere! wow Much sustainable. So environment. Very green. wow At least Amazon is "kind" enough to give refunds for purchases in the last 12 months with a hard cutoff. Anything over 12 months ago customers can get fucked though I guess...

This sort of shit is exactly why I will never fault people who want to pirate older games and the like that aren't available for actual purchase. Fuck "licenses" and all the DRM bullshit. Nintendo made their money on NES games years ago, there's no need to go after people slinging ROMs online when you yourself are shutting down your online stores. I have Super Mario Bros. on both NES and SNES. I'm not gonna pay Nintendo for it again.

 

[Cpt. Stud Beefpile]

I refuse to buy anything that is IOT based or relies on a subscription that can be arbitrarily shut down on the whims of a corporation with no regard to paying customers.

I bought Battlefield 4 on a Steam sale some time ago for some JEEP STUFF casual shitplay after watching the Youtube video (RIP, Thick44 ;'-{ ), and that'll be my last online-required game purchase, ever.

Honestly, I probably should've learned my lesson when Team Extreme's Minecraft server shut down. They weren't even trying to screw anyone over, but the net effect was the same. At least they put out the maps but all the custom stuff, the whole community...gone.

FFS I have 3 years in my own Minecraft save and I can keep all my progress, anywhere i go, for the forseeable future. I'm holding any future game purchases to that standard.

 

[Disheveled-Human]

As always, if I'm not screaming and being mad about Winfows 7 being abandoned I personally suck off Bill Gates. Jesus fuck every single retard in this thread has the same infantile argumentation of their autism and whenever I dare to say something that undermines it it boils down to argumentum ad personam.

You really are a massive bunch of joyless faggots, you know that?

Dude Win 7 was a masterpiece it was the best thing millennials got.

 

[Slav Power]

Dude Win 7 was a masterpiece it was the best thing millennials got.

You realize all Win7 was is just a Vista rebrand with bugfixes? All the revolutionary things it brought already existed in Vista, and the hardware requirements weren't too different to those of Vista. But since Microsoft released Vista too early and barely anyone had a PC that could run it well, it flopped and then they've changed a few things, did some tweaks here and there, and released it as this brand new OS and everyone ate it up because they had PC's that could actually run Vista now, but that name gave people the same reaction as Win11 does now.