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PSN Is Still Down After 14 Hours And No One Knows Why (www.forbes.com)
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[โ€“] Nibodhika 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

At least in 2013 when I started using Steam more seriously if your connection dropped it would prompt you asking if you wanted to switch to offline mode. And I know this because I had Steam on a laptop that I carried in my bag hibernating and I didn't had internet in some places I went to. So that has been fixed for over a decade.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

So that has been fixed for over a decade.

they fixed that, but if you are connected to WiFi that blocks steam it will refuse to launch your games even after you disconnect from the WiFi. I think this is to prevent piracy I guess??

I needed a software that I bought on steam for schoolwork and I couldn't use it because steam was having a panic attack over my schools wifi. Inst of preventing piracy I went and pirated the software to not have that issue LOL