Is physical media officially dead? Mandatory online activation for AC Black Flag Resynced is a huge concern.

I just saw the requirements for the physical edition of AC Black Flag Resynced, and it's disappointing. Even with the disc, you need a mandatory internet connection to install and start the game.

As someone who collects physical games, this is a dealbreaker. It's a single-player experience-why do we need Ubisoft's permission to play a disc we bought? If the servers go down in the future, this disc becomes useless.

I wanted to open a discussion here: Are we okay with this becoming the industry standard? How do we protect game preservation if even physical copies are just 'timed licenses' now?

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. It feels like we are losing the right to actually 'own' our games.