Why does Roon die with no internet connection?

[Jim_F (Minimalist)]

Roon 2.0 Requires Active Internet Access [not anymore]

With the rollout of ARC and Roon 2.0 we’ve received a few questions about using Roon Core in offline mode. Due to the enhanced features of Roon 2.0 your core requires active internet access. In previous Roon Software versions, you could utilize Roon for approximately 30 days in offline mode before connection to our servers was needed. A 2.0 Roon Core has no such period. Active connectivity is a requirement for 2.0, regardless of whether you decide to use ARC or not. You must stay on Roon 1.8 …

2.0 and Internet Requirements [it's been reverted back to 1.8 like functionality]

I want to be sure I’m understanding what’s changed with 2.0. I originally invested in Roon (both through a lifetime subscription, and by buying and building up my local music collection in Flac format stored locally) as I was tired of my music not working whenever there were internet connectivity issues. I live in a remote location and my internet involves multiple radio towers repeating the signal: it works great when it works, but it goes down frequently. Roon was perfect as I can continue to …