引用自 GodOfGuns：

to elaborate the reason this is critical and saying "we do not plan to allow this" is unacceptable is simple: version-dependant mods
a large portion of games that get mods are singleplayer, making updates literally pointless as most modders already use community patches that already fixed the bugs the next update fixes, and then other mods they add have more content and may not be updated fast enough to continue to enjoy the game

we need teh ability for games without native multiplayer(examples are skyrim and fallout 3/4) to simply ignore the developers wishes and let us pick a version to stay on WITHOUT updates AT ALL(even when we launch it through steam) so we can enjoy the mods we like without having to crack the steam copy protection just to block the harmful forced updates(or other janky solutions to avoid allowing steam to edit the files once we have teh version we want, let alone the trouble of using depotdownloader to force-downgrade the game and verify files to the old versions if we forgot to keep an unupdated copy around)

suffice to say there is no justifiable reason to not have an option to "never update this game version" and a "legacy versions" selection in the same tab as the "betas"
just add a checkbox that says "include legacy releases in betas" then let us select an older copy so it stops trying to update a game that cannot be updated

and no, steam even supports mods, several games have mods THROUGH STEAM, adding the ability to force a version to never update from in singleplayer is totally a reasonable demand, no matter what the devolopers wish

and any games with netcode already check to see if you have the right version so this has no effect on cheating anyway

and don't get me started on speedrunners who use version-specific bugs to do it, making this whole "forced updates" thing as ridiculous as you can get as it has no effect at all on security, something microsoft or whoever can use to justify forcing our devices to reboot while we actively are using it and can't save and reboot(and don't get me started on how microsoft forces reboots for updates that linux could apply without kernel-level shutdowns

2. LICENSES ⏶

A. General Content and Services License

Steam and your Subscription(s) require the download and installation of Content and Services onto your computer. Valve hereby grants, and you accept, a non-exclusive license and right, to use the Content and Services for your personal, non-commercial use (except where commercial use is expressly allowed herein or in the applicable Subscription Terms). This license ends upon termination of (a) this Agreement or (b) a Subscription that includes the license. The Content and Services are licensed, not sold. Your license confers no title or ownership in the Content and Services. To make use of the Content and Services, you must have a Steam Account and you may be required to be running the Steam client and maintaining a connection to the Internet.

For reasons that include, without limitation, system security, stability, and multiplayer interoperability, Valve may need to automatically update, pre-load, create new versions of or otherwise enhance the Content and Services and accordingly, the system requirements to use the Content and Services may change over time.

You consent to such automatic updating. You understand that this Agreement (including applicable Subscription Terms) does not entitle you to future updates (unless to the extent required by applicable law), new versions or other enhancements of the Content and Services associated with a particular Subscription, although Valve may choose to provide such updates, etc. in its sole discretion.

引用自 Ettanin：

A core feature of Steam is to ensure that everyone's installation is up to date. Valve will not remove this core feature.

引用自 The Living Tribunal：

引用自 GodOfGuns：

to elaborate the reason this is critical and saying "we do not plan to allow this" is unacceptable is simple: version-dependant mods
a large portion of games that get mods are singleplayer, making updates literally pointless as most modders already use community patches that already fixed the bugs the next update fixes, and then other mods they add have more content and may not be updated fast enough to continue to enjoy the game

we need teh ability for games without native multiplayer(examples are skyrim and fallout 3/4) to simply ignore the developers wishes and let us pick a version to stay on WITHOUT updates AT ALL(even when we launch it through steam) so we can enjoy the mods we like without having to crack the steam copy protection just to block the harmful forced updates(or other janky solutions to avoid allowing steam to edit the files once we have teh version we want, let alone the trouble of using depotdownloader to force-downgrade the game and verify files to the old versions if we forgot to keep an unupdated copy around)

suffice to say there is no justifiable reason to not have an option to "never update this game version" and a "legacy versions" selection in the same tab as the "betas"
just add a checkbox that says "include legacy releases in betas" then let us select an older copy so it stops trying to update a game that cannot be updated

and no, steam even supports mods, several games have mods THROUGH STEAM, adding the ability to force a version to never update from in singleplayer is totally a reasonable demand, no matter what the devolopers wish

and any games with netcode already check to see if you have the right version so this has no effect on cheating anyway

and don't get me started on speedrunners who use version-specific bugs to do it, making this whole "forced updates" thing as ridiculous as you can get as it has no effect at all on security, something microsoft or whoever can use to justify forcing our devices to reboot while we actively are using it and can't save and reboot(and don't get me started on how microsoft forces reboots for updates that linux could apply without kernel-level shutdowns

Good thing you put "forced updates" in quotes which indicates you are aware they aren't forced.

https://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/subscriber_agreement/

2. LICENSES ⏶

A. General Content and Services License

Steam and your Subscription(s) require the download and installation of Content and Services onto your computer. Valve hereby grants, and you accept, a non-exclusive license and right, to use the Content and Services for your personal, non-commercial use (except where commercial use is expressly allowed herein or in the applicable Subscription Terms). This license ends upon termination of (a) this Agreement or (b) a Subscription that includes the license. The Content and Services are licensed, not sold. Your license confers no title or ownership in the Content and Services. To make use of the Content and Services, you must have a Steam Account and you may be required to be running the Steam client and maintaining a connection to the Internet.

For reasons that include, without limitation, system security, stability, and multiplayer interoperability, Valve may need to automatically update, pre-load, create new versions of or otherwise enhance the Content and Services and accordingly, the system requirements to use the Content and Services may change over time.

You consent to such automatic updating. You understand that this Agreement (including applicable Subscription Terms) does not entitle you to future updates (unless to the extent required by applicable law), new versions or other enhancements of the Content and Services associated with a particular Subscription, although Valve may choose to provide such updates, etc. in its sole discretion.

That is from the ssa you agreed to when creating your account. If mods are breaking then contact the mod developers and ask if they can update their mod to work with the game.

引用自 William Shakesman：

Remember though, the user is not entitled to the newest version of the software. It is still perfectly within his right to suggest changes to this policy.

引用自 GodOfGuns：

(examples are skyrim and fallout 3/4)

引用自 William Shakesman：

Situations where the user knows better than the corporation are quite common and users savvy enough to mod should also be savvy enough to route around corporate meddling.

引用自 Tito Shivan：

引用自 William Shakesman：

Situations where the user knows better than the corporation are quite common and users savvy enough to mod should also be savvy enough to route around corporate meddling.

It's not they don't know better. It's they just don't care.

The problem arises when users assume doing that is some sort of god-given right and Steam wakes up one day and decides to fix it.

引用自 Ben Lubar：

Steam can't add a secondary version selector with names for the versions that the developer of the game hasn't named because those names have to come from somewhere.

What's the difference between manifest 2997626924962614299 and manifest 3308664160658198041? It's not something that Steam can generate a description of automatically.

You're going to need to use some external tool (like SteamDB) that tracks old versions of games to figure out which manifest you want to download. Then, you can tell Steam the specific version of the game you want and it'll give it to you.

You can't skip steps in that process because Steam doesn't know anything about which game versions correspond to which manifest IDs unless someone tells it by creating a beta branch.

引用自 William Shakesman：

However, it IS a right though, not so much given by God but by the license the user purchased.

引用自 William Shakesman：

I would certainly bet it is more likely that Valve will implement a user accessible depot selection than they will try to make it more difficult for users to run older versions of games.