Valve, anti consumer practices are creating E-waste

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By making perfectly fine working hardware redundant because Valve is too lazy to maintain software (You had one job, literally) - Valve is supporting E-waste instead of letting people use their machines to the full extent of the hardware's lifetime.

Good job Valve.

[Trollhammer]

They are not supposed to support a third party OS who's been ditched by its makers (almost) 4 years ago. Microsoft also only recently abandoned the free upgrade to W10/11 with a W7/8 key, people literally has 8 years to upgrade at no cost.


Valve created its own OS and made gaming on Linux a real thing thanks to Proton.
You still can switch to Linux for free, stop making up issues where there's none or your own fault.

[Kiryn]

Originally posted by __++__==:

instead of letting people use their machines to the full extent of the hardware's lifetime.

Remember, Chromium is making the change that makes everything stop working with Win 7. Valve/Steam is just one of the companies using that middleware.

And, if your hardware is so old that it literally *can't* upgrade to Win 10/11? It's *been* used "to the full extent of it's lifetime."



(as it is, game system requirements going higher and higher is a bigger push for people to upgrade hardware and throw away the old.)

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Technology doesn't stand still and hardware makes itself redundant by aging.

Do you complain this much in real life?

[Chika Ogiue]

Not as much e-waste as your topics.

[Tito Shivan]

I find amazing how you keep finding new things to be mad at Valve for.

I'd counter your point by saying Valve is just a victim, forced by both Microsoft and Google dropping support for both their OS and embedded framework... But we all know e-waste isn't the point of this thread.

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did you know that washing your clothes is contaminated everything in waters and now we are finding particles of washing waste in humans...

but e waste is not good... i take my old e waste to a recycle centre...
can you windows 7 people do that if you have to throw away your old computers..

throwing your old computer out the window onto the street is not good for the environment..

[Piston Smashed™]

Somebody wants a hug...

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Windows 7 still works unlike Valves plan to brick people's games libraries and create e-waste

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Originally posted by Piston Smashed™:

Somebody wants a hug...

Valve's accountants

[Boblin the Goblin]

Oh, this is the new angle? Too bad Valve was one of the companies that supported Windows 7 longer than the developers.

Otherwise you might have had a point.

[Crazy Tiger]

It's amazing how OP keeps finding new ways to continue shaming companies even though this all started with OP not researching their purchase and purchasing a lemon.

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Originally posted by SlowMango:

Oh, this is the new angle? Too bad Valve was one of the companies that supported Windows 7 longer than the developers.

Otherwise you might have had a point.

There is NO REASON why they cannot make an archive vesrion of win7 steam instead of bricking their customers.

No amount of white knighting will change the fact

[Aachen]

Originally posted by __++__==:

Windows 7 still works unlike Valves plan to brick people's games libraries and create e-waste

The software for accessing the libraries still works.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by __++__==:

Originally posted by SlowMango:

Oh, this is the new angle? Too bad Valve was one of the companies that supported Windows 7 longer than the developers.

Otherwise you might have had a point.

There is NO REASON why they cannot make an archive vesrion of win7 steam instead of bricking their customers.

No amount of white knighting will change the fact

There is a reason.

Those refusing to update aren't worth the work and cost. This thread is proving that quite well.

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Originally posted by SlowMango:

Originally posted by __++__==:

There is NO REASON why they cannot make an archive vesrion of win7 steam instead of bricking their customers.

No amount of white knighting will change the fact

There is a reason.

Those refusing to update aren't worth the work and cost. This thread is proving that quite well.

The reason is, they are a terrible anti-consumer company.