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.

  • btaf45@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    There is no conceivable way Steam can maintain security for anyone’s account

    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.

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      10 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.

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        10 months ago

        You want Valve to develop a version of Steam that circumvents their own DRM to play local files? Yes, exactly. They owe people that.

        What would prevent people from using that to pirate things even more easily? Dunno. Maybe make it not work on win 10+.