> I understand what you are saying but this is where citizens can obviously lobby their representatives to ban this practice and allow a category of goods to wo

> I understand what you are saying but this is where citizens can obviously lobby their representatives to ban this practice and allow a category of goods to work without internet connections. I think that the burden of proof should be the other way: it shouldn't be that certain special devices are exempt from internet connections, but rather that all devices should offer a mode whereby they perform all functionality that does not directly require an internet connection. Then, of course, we'll have debates about what directly requires an internet connection … but at least it'll bring the discussion into the open.