"I was about to buy some Sonos stuff but asked if I needed to go online to activate them (I claimed I did not have internet), and sure enough, an internet conne

"I was about to buy some Sonos stuff but asked if I needed to go online to activate them (I claimed I did not have internet), and sure enough, an internet connection is a requirement." My own experience, having owned a sonos system since 2006, is that the system will work just fine with disabled Internet but it flails badly if your network connection has a lot of packet loss. >50% packet loss, it seems, is not a failure mode they have tested. I have not added a new speaker in a few years, though - is it really true they will require a login/profile ? I wonder what value my Fakey McFakefake profile will add to their IPO ...