Also its brilliant business because when cloud goes out fashion(as it does cyclically) they can sell the same software again 'redesigned' for standalone/local usage.

The first an article about this article appeared, they had changed the button name. I've recently setuped another Windows, Pro edition, and they did revert the button name to "Or make an offline account". This button is available when they ask you to connect or create a microsoft account in the setup.

Last year I ran through all the old versions of OS/X from 10.1 up to current. It's surprising how many internet services it relied on that were no longer available.