alt Hacker News> They are either turning off their servers
…that are unnecessarily being checked by the local software before the local software will run the local offline functions.
> They are either turning off their servers
…that are unnecessarily being checked by the local software before the local software will run the local offline functions.
That is irrelevant to the topic of ownership since you bought the product, you can now update the code.
If you want, you can now change that behavior.
Whether that's allowed by the TOS and what the consequences to that are is also a separate issue. At that point, people shouldn't buy the product if they disagree with the conditions.