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i found this out a few days after deleting my raw depot downloads i took a few months ago god fucking damn it man i hate valve

sweeping platform changes that are antithetical to game preservation is bad actually. one of the pros of Steam for me for so long was that you *could* download older versions of games, even if it was roundabout. an objectively pro-consumer thing (modders?!? hello?!)

so why did they get rid of it..?

UPDATE: Allegedly a "bug" that just so happens to have complex server-side logic https://wetdry.world/@ipg/113913249551211166

and it isn't Just Valve's games/apps

tried on a friend's game (who had no choice) and that didn't work

tried on Beat Saber, a game where downgrading versions is *key* to getting mods working if you update, didn't work

tried on GTA 4, a game where downgrading is almost required for most mods, nada

it's hard to really grasp the sheer amount of destruction Valve has done to game preservation and game modding with a single change to their platform

speedrunning is a huge impacted category here! you can't legally get older, faster versions of so many games now

and for what, Valve? what is the reason? because a big publisher got pissy at you and you ruined it for everyone? or because people were datamining for a VR headset you'll never release?

oh and another thing,

the sheer amount of people *still* giving Valve a slither of benefit of the doubt here. "a backbone server issue" wouldn't be causing a 403 access denied. "it was a mistake" you can't really code in logic to do this by mistake. "oh it might be tuesday maintainance" IT'S A WEDNESDAY