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8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates (slrpnk.net)
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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

It's got little bits in it that connect to the network and handle basic encryption and such. Over time, those libraries will all have small bugs fixed in them, and it's important enough to update them that it's worth updating the device, regardless of any other changes to make sure it can keep talking to the steam client on the computer and stuff.