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Tapo's sockets don't - in fact they explicitly have a 'local only' function. All you lose is control outside your home network.
Tuya on the other hand will start leeching off the fucking Bluetooth of your pairing device if you hobble them.
tapo cameras do. mine all went offline and factory reset themselves after not having internet access or even accounts for several months, all at the same time.
Haven't experienced that one - but your statement was "all iot devices do that" (emphasis mine)
And i haven't even touched on Zigbee....