https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

Publishers forcefully disable the ability to play games without connections to their servers on purpose.

Imagine if you had to connect to some online only internet server just to play a video game with your spouse/friend sat right next to you. Wouldn't that be silly?

Online only destroys the future playability of video games, LAN, being able to play on the go and in a lot of cases: modding.

LAN worked before Photon, and it would still work now — it’s missing by choice, not by limitation.

Games are more than disposable entertainment. They’re culture. History. Art. A 12-year-old kid in 2045 should be able to play old games as easily as we read Shakespeare or watch Citizen Kane. If we accept that “enjoy it now, forget it later” is okay—if we treat games like streaming snacks rather than enduring works—we’re complicit in letting a vital medium become fragile, ephemeral, and corporately owned. - Unbiased AI view