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Steam forcing updates to Win 10/11 to play games - do you actually "own" games bought through Steam? (inv.tux.pizza)

submitted 2 years ago by CifrareVerba@lemmy.world to c/PCGaming@kbin.social

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[–] Jestzer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Jestzer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Fair enough, and that's exactly what I would recommend for somebody who is in your position: avoid Steam.

I think the discontent from others comes from the vulnerabilities that come from using older Operation Systems online. If that's the case, I agree with that point; things like Windows XP shouldn't be used online anymore.