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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 If this was just a standalone piece of software that is one thing, but you can't just let out-of-date clients that connect over the internet to run indefinitely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The games I bought are stand-alone pieces of software. The gatekeeper needed to run those games is another story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You could likely set it up to work "offline" so you can still play your steam games. If you were to set the steam client to offline (Assumedly through the Mac top bar 'Steam > Offline Mode') it should never need an update or contact with servers to keep working. That said, I don't know if there is a limit on how long you can have a computer connected to a specific account while never connecting to Valve's servers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I searched around last night and found out about "offline" mode. And that's probably what I will do come February. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago