Re: Can’t Install EA app on Windows 7 – Error INST-21-25006

GMGamerGirl​ Do you have room on your drive to dual boot. you will need a minimum of 150 gig. Sims 3 runs well in linux mint and the ea app works in linux mint too.

Sims 4 and sims 2 work as well.

With all due respect to all the Linux lovers out there, I'm not down for installing an additional OS just to run the game.  If I could afford a whole new OS, then I could likely afford to get a new computer, which I currently can't.

I don't feel that a company with the reputation of EA should ever basically lock out a loyal customer from being able to access something they legitimately paid for.  It's just wrong...period.  They don't have to provide further support the version that allowed us to login/verify, but they should have certainly left it intact enough for us to still play.

I agree with you. They obviously didn't even give a thought to people that might still be using windows 7. Linux is free by the way. GMGamerGirl​ 

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.

I completely agree, this is BS. I have games like Crysis 3 that actually run BETTER on Windows 7 than they ever did on Windows 10/11. This is now a a trouble-free gameplay experience that is permanently and artificially lost to me, because of EA app BS.