EA desktop app no longer supported

I have a Win7 desktop computer that I've been playing all my Sims games on because I can't afford to go buy a new computer.  Today I tried to log in and play like I always have and the EA desktop app wants to update, so I let it, only to find out that my Win7 is no longer being supported in the login app.

I think it's a pretty poor business model to assume that everyone has the money to burn and keep incessantly updating to each new version of Windows and then....after being with the Sims franchise since the onset and purchased every expansion and stuff pack....now I'm being told "oh, so sorry...you can't even access your games anymore....tough luck".....because when trying to install the 'update' it dumped me back to my desktop, indicating that Win7 is no longer supported.

I get that Win7 is dated, believe me, but to spend hundreds of dollars on all my EA games only to completely be denied the right to play them after buying this is nothing but ridiculous.  If you don't want to continue support for Win7, that's fine, I can understand and respect that, but NO ONE should be denied the right to play what they've paid for and you should have left us with SOME recourse to play even if it was offline.

Pretty poor business model, EA