Why does Plex become useless without an internet connection?

I have my Plex server on a NAS on my local network and my Xbox One, smart phone, smart tv are all on that same network but when my internet connection goes down they can’t find each other.

Every now and again my internet connection will go out while I’m planning to spend some time inside. Usually when that happens I can’t play the online games I like to play so I’ll decide to watch something I’ve saved up on Plex, which is too bad because Plex seems to require an active and reliable internet connection to connect devices that are all on the local network.

Why is this a requirement? When can we get this fixed because right now it’s really broken!

Not sure how long you’ve been a member, but you should search the forums a bit. The internet connection requirement has been discussed a loooooooooooot.