That is also what i hate if you have to connect to some *** online service.... They shut it down youre screwed...
And if people would build their own service to be independent (bnetd for diablo) they are being sued so they try never again.
They long term plus for the companies is that you HAVE to buy the new version even if you dont want it
Gone are the times where you pull out your old singleplayer game to have it run in a dosbox ... today you will just get "404 - http request failed - maybe the auth server is down?" NOOOO it has been shutdown