# Browser Pickiness as a Factor in Driving Folks Away

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**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [April 18, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-pickiness-as-a-factor-in-driving-folks-away/1029356 "2026-04-18T03:03:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-pickiness-as-a-factor-in-driving-folks-away/1029356/36 "2026-04-24T00:45:56Z")

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> [@Jasmine](#):
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> Um … no … I don’t think I said or even implied that. I said that keeping up with browser improvements by updating helps with security. An old, out of date browser is going to be lagging in security. How could it not?

In order to install the latest browser updates, you have to install a recent version of Windows. Which is malware.

> [@SenorBeef](#):
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> I remember a few people whining on reddit when steam officially dropped windows 7 support, and hey, yeah, that does suck for them.

I still run Steam on Windows 7. I don’t know what “officially dropping support” actually did, but what it didn’t do was stop my games from working, apparently just the same as they always did.

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