it’s a bit of a straw man from your side to act like the discussion is about multiplayer
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If a multiplayer-only game turns down official servers, and you can’t self-host within the game, they should owe players a separate server binary they can run, or a partial refund for breaking the game. It should not be hard, especially if it’s a known constraint when they develop the game.
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Emphasis mine.
We used to be able to do multiplayer only without the need for official servers.