After the 2-23-2025 EA update, Sims 3 keeps crashing!

sheree5  With all due respect, that's a ridiculous notion.  EA didn't break Sims 3, it fixed an issue where the game wouldn't start on certain processors.  That was the only change.  And while I'm sure EA would love for more people to switch to Sims 4 and buy more content, Sims 3 is making money without any need to invest dev time or resources, so it's a pretty good asset to have in the library.

For the record, the only issue appearing with increased frequency at the moment is one ("serious error" when loading a world) whose resurgence predated the January patch and is mostly if not entirely due to Windows settings.  Other than that, the number of reports of problems with the game is about the same as it has been for years, on this site and on the recently-departed Answers HQ.