"Lenny_Ogg;c-18282588" wrote:
@graventhe
I don't think this is a bug. They want us to be online.
@Lenny_Ogg You're absolutely right without any trace of doubt, here is the confirmation of what you say: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Feedback/Impossible-to-launch-Sims-4-without-Internet-connection/m-p/12502364#M73167 read the reply Nº 2 by an Ea community manager.
About the motives of that misbehavior, I'd recommend you to read
1984 by George Orwell, then try to tie up some loose ends and possibly you'll get the same scared opinion I got about the subject.