Even if you keep your machine offline, many discs have required updates included.
Any one of them could brick your console.
If its not running freedom respecting software and standard hardware, you probably didn’t own it anyways. (Unless you airgap everything and risk assess all new software with a test machine, like the feds.)
Some do, most don’t. You can check here. I see this “physical media is unusable without an internet connection anyway” statement bandied about a lot and it’s simply not true.
Even if you keep your machine offline, many discs have required updates included.
Any one of them could brick your console.
If its not running freedom respecting software and standard hardware, you probably didn’t own it anyways. (Unless you airgap everything and risk assess all new software with a test machine, like the feds.)
Some do, most don’t. You can check here. I see this “physical media is unusable without an internet connection anyway” statement bandied about a lot and it’s simply not true.