Driver downloads. You are free to feel the hassle is worth keeping it separate from settings, but there are actual valid reasons for it to have an internet connection.
And how does it know to download drivers without checking online if there are new drivers? Furthermore, telemetry is legitimately used to improve the product and crash logs to fix shit. Not every connection is some malevolent plan to create a dystopian hellscape.
Zero good reason for that to have needed internet connectivity.
Driver downloads. You are free to feel the hassle is worth keeping it separate from settings, but there are actual valid reasons for it to have an internet connection.
A connection to download the drivers if needed, sure. But an always online connection as is the case for far too many things today?
And how does it know to download drivers without checking online if there are new drivers? Furthermore, telemetry is legitimately used to improve the product and crash logs to fix shit. Not every connection is some malevolent plan to create a dystopian hellscape.