Comment on Steam dropping support for macOS Mojave and by extension 32-bit games
atocci@kbin.social 7 months agoThe move means existing Steam Client installations on those operating systems will no longer receive updates of any kind, including security updates.
We expect the Steam client and games on these older operating systems to continue running for some time.
The company is encouraging all High Sierra and Mojave users to update "sooner rather than later" and noted that Apple ended security updates and technical support for both operating systems in December 2020 and October 2021, respectively.
aeronmelon@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I read that.
The article, and Steam’s quotes, don’t say either or with any certainty, so I’ll have to wait and find out.
atocci@kbin.social 7 months ago
From what I can gather, it sounds like things will keep working until something changes on the back-end that leaves the old Steam client unable to connect anymore. I don't think they can't say when that will be exactly though because it depends on future updates.
aeronmelon@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Figures.
Most software I use that dropped support for Mojave already at least let me use older builds in peace.
I appreciate your trying to help clear it up.
Goronmon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The problem is when those “older builds” rely on a connection to a back-end. If this was just a standalone piece of software that is one thing, but you can’t just let out-of-date clients that connect over the internet to run indefinitely.