Comment on Shower thought: Valve could do the ultimate boss-move this year

LocoLobo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• bloup@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This isn’t about people not wanting to use Windows 11 this is about people not wanting to purchase a new computer

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• Shayeta@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They are if they can’t afford a new computer.

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  • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Windows 10 won’t just stop working. I still see businesses rocking Windows Vista occasionally.

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    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No one is trying to play games on those vista machines, though. Valve pulled steam support for win 7 and 8.1 over a year ago because they were EOL. If they also pull support from win 10 once it’s EOL, then people will need to make a change to keep playing their games. If msft refuse to support existing hardware with win11, then many people will be forced to choose between buying a new laptop/PC, or trying Linux.

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      • Rose@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They won’t stop supporting 10 unless its use drops significantly. They’d not shoot themselves in the foot.

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• princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don’t know, I think you’re clearly underestimating how many people would install Valve’s OS. The number of people with a Steam Deck that don’t know that what it’s running is a Linux distro is pretty high. The other piece to this is that it’s not just a forced Windows update for a huge chunk of users, it’s a forced device upgrade. Valve offering a free upgrade that negates the need to buy new hardware would absolutely capture people’s attention.

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  • LocoLobo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes and no, people can still use win10, it just won’t receive patches anymore. And in this particular case, my best guess is, that most people would rather use and outdated OS for a long time, rather than changing the OS altogether. Not every game is on steam, also not every non game programm is easily available for Linux. Humans are lazy.

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    • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t disagree in principle, but from what I’ve heard the full screen “buy a new computer” pop-ups are pretty bloody annoying!

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    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re forgetting that valve can also drop support for EOL versions of windows, which so far they have.

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      • LocoLobo@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        True, but for example for Win7 they dropped support last year I think. So quite some time.

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• umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  people use whatever comes preinstalled.

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