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Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching (www.pcguide.com)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

M$ ended win7 support in January 14, 2020. Steam did not end win7 support until January 1 2024. M$ ending support for their OS does not mean Steam will do so anytime soon. Considering how small number of their users has updated, there's a good chance Steam will keep supporting win10 for many more years. By that time I know I will no longer be using Windows.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

There's a decent chance M$ continues supporting Win10 after "End of Life," just like [ checks notes ] every single "mandatory" update they've ever attempted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

And even then, the only reason Steam ended support for Windows 7 was because it's an Electron (Chromium) application. They decided to upgrade their version of Electron, probably to take advantage of newer security fixes in Chromium, which forced them to drop Win7 support because Chromium already had ended support for it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Yep, that was the only reason I finally pulled the trigger. What makes me laugh is it wasn't even about windows, it was because of fucking CHROME.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

You are not wrong here. However, this is a double edged sword. By running windows 10 after a good while (let's say, after 1 year of eol) you are risking for malware that is going to be non patched on windows 10. Of course, if you use the PC mostly for gaming and get stuff mostly from the usual places, I really doubt you get anything. If you work with documents however with macros and stuff, or you might have questionable internet hygiene or foreign external devices like usb on a frequent basis, do not get close to an out of date system