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However, now that is out of the way, you can try a couple things.

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To Valve: I expect to maintain the ability to access the library of games Ive paid for, and which currently work perfectly well, on this hardware and OS.

Indefinitely. The laptop Im typing this on is a late-2010 Macbook Air.

Despite being 5 years old, it still plays Source games perfectly well with settings low (e.g., Portal 2), as well as other titles such as Risk of Rain and Crypt of the Necrodancer.

Yes, this laptop is still running 10.6.8.

To all those about to say its free, just update - not an option.

Games 10.6.3 Software Continues To

My workflow requires non-broken Spaces, and I standardized my OS version upon purchase so mission-critical software continues to run.

To be clear, I have a number of applications which did not make the CarbonCocoa transition and will not function on 10.7.

Upgrading my OS is not an option; leave that out of the discussion.

I have no problem with Steam as a platform, phoning home for authentication etc., for the price of convenience.

I most certainly do have a problem if this termination of support will mean I can no longer access my library with no technical reasons for this.

Please provide additional details - about how this will work.

The only acceptable outcome I see is being able to decline updating Steam and maintaining access via an older, 10.6 supported client.

You have a working setup, and youre unwilling to change to a modern OS or hardware configuration because you are unable to adapt to new workflows.

Sure it works, but you cant complain when you cant interact with the rest of society who isnt as unwilling to move forward as you seem to be.

Apple moves much faster than Microsoft in terms of deprecating their software and APIs.

Blizzard, for example, deprecates older OS X operating systems with every annual OS X release.

Blizzard, had the same complaints when they started this model that youre arguing here.

However, like other OS X software developers they have two choices.

Either stop supporting their software for new OS versions or keep them updated and drop support for old versions.

Keeping two versions active for a market that is as small as the OS X market is not financially logical.

OS X 10.6.8 represents less than 110th of 1 according to the Steam hardware surveys ( ).

Even if you never purchase another Steam game again, the financial support required to support this backwards compatible serverservice is not a reasonable demand.

You also have no legal rights to the software provided via Steam according to the Steam subscriber agreement you agreed to when you signed up for a Steam account.

Sorry to rain on your parade, but maybe you should have more realistic expectations of a company whose sole purpose of providing this software is to make profit.

So at this point your demands dont mean a whole lot either legally or financially to Valve.

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