My internet is quite slow, and I didn't want to have to use the internet to download the Sims 4, because it is a game that doesn't require internet to be used. But EA has made it, so that you have to use the internet to install a game that you are never going to need to internet for ever again. It is quite frustrating, and the only answers I have seen so far to this issue, is EA saying that there is no wayt around it. My internet isn't a problem when I am just on web browsers, but it pretty insane to think that everybody's internet is fast enough to deal with a 9 GB file.
