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Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 (www.neowin.net)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1::Customers sticking to the good-old (and dead) Windows 7 now have one more reason to ditch the operating system: as of January 1, 2024, Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.

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[-] Kevin11 1 points 10 months ago

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

My setup (it has been destroyed by Gabe)

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[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Direct purchace (if dev is trusted) > GOG > Steam > anything else

[+] btaf45@lemmy.world -6 points 10 months ago

It is ridiculous that Steam won't let you play your games you payed for outside of steam. Games that you've played for years on Windows 7 suddenly no longer play. Steam is like a DRM system that suddenly stops working and makes all the stuff you bought worthless.

[-] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

It is ridiculous that Steam won't let you play your games you payed for outside of steam

Very easy to run your previously purchased steam games without Steam. Search "Steam emulator", follow the GitHub or Codeberg link, and problem solved...

Won't help with games that use their own custom DRM though.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks! I will try.

[-] Disposable_User@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

You’re right with what you said except for Steam is not like DRM. Steam is DRM!
People will defend Valve with tooth and nails, but like every other digital system, one day it will fuck with their users (my guess is when Gabe Newell retires).
I can barely wait for that day, to see thousands of posts of users crying, because they never purchased anything, only rented! ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

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