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Steam is Removing Support

bousozoku said:
It seems that they overwrite the settings with every update on parts where money is to be made. Office 365 isn't important to me, but I am reminded about it quite a lot.
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I've noticed that they even stuck Microsoft Defender behind the 365 paywall now. The next time I get a popup telling me to resubscribe to 365 to use Defender (after disabling Defender as a startup item) I might throw something in Redmond's direction...
 
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dmccloud said:
I've noticed that they even stuck Microsoft Defender behind the 365 paywall now. The next time I get a popup telling me to resubscribe to 365 to use Defender (after disabling Defender as a startup item) I might throw something in Redmond's direction...
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Defender is one of the few things they make that actually works well. They would make it a subscription, if they could, but the press about it would remind them about all the malware out there because of security holes that they would relent.

I'm glad I have a Steam Deck and don't have to rely on Windows there. My ASUS ZenBook Pro is where I'm worried but Windows 11 is still better than previous versions of Windows.
 
Hopefully GOG will be still around at least, maybe Epic Store would be a good alternative.

Impressive Windows 10 is EoL so soon, I still remember how long they supported XP because users actually liked it and disliked Vista and 7.

Never liked Steam to start with, DRM is evil
 
Plutonius said:
I just saw that Steam is removing support for Win 32 bit operating systems.
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Not many people are using 32-bit versions of Windows in 2025 though. The majority of those still on Windows 10 are running the 64-bit version, so Steam's decision will have a minimal effect on the market as a whole. Even if people are using older OSes, Microsoft has had 64-bit support going back to Windows XP x64 with Vista being the first OS to ship with 64-bit support in the box at launch.
 
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