installer: downgrade to python 3.8 #3330
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Resolves #3323
This re-enables support for Windows 7, even though it has already seen its EOL in January this year.
Downgrading does only make sense considering that Windows 7 still has a high share of users among the overall number of Windows users. Forcing Python 3.9 and making the installers incompatible would result in us seeing more threads like #3323, with possibly even more complaints and/or rude/emotional comments, and I don't have any interest in dealing with this and wasting my time even more.
As said, if someone even has issues with the upgrade to Python 3.8, they can install Streamlink via pip in a separate Python 3.6 environment, as it's the lowest Python version that's currently supported. Or they can just be a responsible person and upgrade/switch their unsupported operating system.