Why can I play star wars battlefront 2 online on xbox without xbox live gold?

Why can I play star wars battlefront 2 online on xbox without xbox live gold?

As far as I know, you no longer need a gold account to play online. The gold is for additional things. But I'm not sure.

Do I no longer need to pay anything to play online?

As I said, I'm not sure. But as long as it works, you don't seem to have to pay anything.

That is not correct. XBOX LIVE Gold is still necessary if you want to play online.

I don't know why the questioner can play without gold either.

But you have to.

Thanks for the clarification. I have had a gold account for around 15 years, so I was unsure. In the past, there were also silver accounts.

Well, silver just said that you didn't pay for gold.

The status today is the same without gold only that it is no longer called silver.