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Huge internet outage live blog: Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max and more experiencing issues
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this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2025
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It's not that far off. I woke up to an Internet outage and none of my home lighting routines fired off and I couldn't control my lights via wifi. I got it under control shifting to Bluetooth but for a second it was infuriating.
the fact that your home network setup for this relies on an internet connection is baffling
Games that require persistent internet are baffling to me... I mean the hitman games cannot store your mission achievements offline...
But games are games... if my stove and fridge and showers (fucking showers with wifi?) Need internet connectivity then that is bullshit. They are being too fucking optimistic about everything.
Knowing a game is spying on me ruins the fun. My Steam Deck is blocked from the internet for that reason, but a fair number of games on Steam won’t work without connectivity. I seem to remember hearing about some girl who shares a huge collection of games that don’t require connectivity, though.
Well it ultimately just keeps score snd achievements... but why the fuck do the achievements need to be cloud based? None of the other games I have are like that.
Is she fit?
I love fitgirls.
Dunno her, https://www.mensxp.com/technology/gaming/171080-best-offline-games-without-internet.html
Games like that are also baffling to me, thankfully I've not purchased one but I would return it as soon as I discovered the limitation if that were to happen
I bought just the hitman game because I am a completionist and I just want that one. I don't care for many other games.
Was getting up and turning on the light switch not an option?
Never.
Sounds like someone needs HomeAssistant..
Mostly they need to move to Zigbee/Matter or similar.
I had about a dozen WeMo devices controlling various stuff around the house, they just accumulated over the years. About a year ago, I "got serious" and ripped out all the cloud connected stuff and setup a Zigbee based Home Assistant system. It's about 5x more capable than the old hodge podge of cloud devices, much lower lag, much better management capabilities, and when the internet connection goes down, it still works. The cloud devices would take long coffee breaks about twice a year.