https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4784-4F2B-1321-800A#:~:text=Steam%20Support%20%3A%3A%20Windows%207%20and%20Windows%208%20Support&text=As%20of%20January%201%202024,on%20those%20versions%20of%20Windows. "As of January 1 2024, Steam will officially stop supporting the Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. After that date, the Steam Client will no longer run on those versions of Windows." More importantly - "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."
  • Hairyblue@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    EOL Windows gets no patches or security updates. No one should be running them.

    I switched to Linux when windows 11 was released. It’s donate or free and can run on old PC hardware.

    • Enttropy@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      Good for you. Me, on the other hand, I like living on the edge since no one should be running older OSes. B-)

      I don’t want Windows 10 or 11, and certainly not Linux, of all things, to run on the retro PCs that I’ve put together to run their respective OS, and games from their respective eras. But what do I know?

      • Jestzer@lemmy.world
        0·
        2 years ago

        Your argument is that you want to run the software that was intended to run on the hardware. That’s a fair argument, but that also applies to Steam, since it is software too.

        • Enttropy@kbin.social
          1·
          2 years ago

          And that’s totally fair. I’m not demanding or even expecting for Steam to support older operating systems. I just stated that this is one of the reasons I avoid VALVE and their products nowadays.

          It’s my preference as a consumer, but voicing it seems to have riled up some dudes over here, like, for example, @ryanspeck who seems to be distressed and/or concerned by my consumer habits.