

Yup. This is purposeful mischaracterization from one of the biggest boosters of games-as-a-streaming-product. Ubisoft doesn’t want you to have the ability to play things at your whim, but exclusively at theirs. They sure as fuck don’t want you spending your time on something they sold you 10 years ago.
This is the whole point of capitalism. Those who control the systems, control the people, and capital exists to ensure that the people do not control the systems.