Hello, everyone. The EA App now requires a 64 bit PC running Windows 10 or 11. MacOS running Catalina or newer is also supported.
I do generally agree with you, that access shouldn't be denied to your games, especially since you are a paying customer. The problem is that EA keeps a branch in their internal system, that supports older Windows OS's. They probably reached a point, in which the people that play on W7 are 1% or less and decided that the branch will no longer need be supported. Since they are dropping the branch, this means that your EA app will no longer receive general and security updates and EA does not want that, which is why they removed it and now force you to make the switch. From a legal stand point, your only option is to upgrade.
If you wish to explore an alternative, that doesn't involve your wallet, you can go Jack Sparrow. It is either this or you have to instal Linux. I acknowledge no option is really "acceptable", but this is what you have.
Honestly, Speedster370BG, spare me the patronizing bullcrap. I work in the industry and there is ALWAYS an option that can allow those on older platforms to still get/play what they paid for, while also relieving them of the burden of pushing updates to that iteration. The onus of security then falls to those who play/still use their chosen OS. That said, while it might make sense for EA to abandon updates to Win7, then why force your customers to still use the gating platform to access, again, what they paid for. If they don't want to support it, fine, then allow your customers to use their purchased game(s) unimpeded by your gating platform. And trust me when I say EA has no horse in the race to 'force you to upgrade' when it comes to what version of Windows you use, it's purely what they choose to support, beyond that, they could clearly care less. Furthermore, with all due respect to those who choose to use Linux, offering the idea of installing a whole different OS, including, in some cases, having to use yet more additional software just to get some games to play, is hardly offering any kind of 'reasonable' solution whatsoever.
