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Comment by anon1385 | Hacker News Reader

When a game requires an internet connection to work we call it DRM and slam it. When a text editor or spreadsheet requires an internet connection to run we call it innovation.

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The situation isn't as simple as you put it. This time, there is single player game that shouldn't need forced interactivity with an internet connection. Compared to a text editor where the internet connection allowed multiple users to operate on it at the same time.

That and I'm not spending 60$ for Google Docs access.

What editor are you using that requires a live connection? - If its cloud based: apples vs oranges - If not, get a better editor.

Online spreadsheets or docs allow you to export to a locally accessible format. SimCity does not.

> When a text editor or spreadsheet requires an internet connection to run we call it innovation.

I would be raging if my text editor required an internet connection for me to access my local files. Al Capone rage even.

There is a significant difference between wanting to do something locally and an internet connection being required and wanting to do something on the internet because it works better than what you have locally.

Requiring and supporting are two completely different animals. If text editors and spreadsheets actually requiring you to have an internet connection, then I can see people criticizing about it.

I think he is referring to Google Docs/Drive.

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