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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    1 year ago

    “brick my computer on a whim”

    Paranoid much?

    It’s funny that you fear Microsoft but not all the people that can exploit all the flaws that are now left open in your computer because you haven’t received a single security update in 357 days (or more since the last three years were paid updates).

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        Odds that these computers were infected by something in the first place?

        Pretty fucking high.

        I support multiple computers at all times that are always running the latest Windows version, never had one where an update broke it and if it happened it’s a pretty major leap to go from “that update broke my computer” to “Microsoft intentionally bricked my computer”

        It’s also completely ridiculous because you’re implying that the same situation couldn’t have happened with a Windows 7 update.

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          update broke my computer” to “Microsoft intentionally bricked my computer”

          Didn’t say it was intentional. Why would it be intentional?

          It’s also completely ridiculous because you’re implying that the same situation couldn’t have happened with a Windows 7 update.

          You can turn Windows 7 updates off. You can also control the timing of the updates.

          Odds that these computers were infected by something in the first place?

          Zero since they specifically noticed it happened during the update process.

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            Didn’t say it was intentional?

            Microsoft cannot brick my computer on a whim like they have the power to with later versions of windows.

            You can turn updates off for the following versions of Windows too.

            Chances are they update broke because their computer was infected by something that didn’t play well with the update, I don’t know why you would think the odds are zero and don’t know why you would think something similar couldn’t happen with a Windows 7 update (not that you would care since you don’t get updates anymore, but you might want to care about infection risks though, going on the internet for you is like joining an orgy and leaving your condoms at the door).