Internet Explodes Over Origin's Invasion of Privacy

[Vault boy Eddie]

We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a form that does not personally identify you.

It won't show your name supposedly. So if you get something that proves otherwise, can you sue the tits off of EA?

 

[Neeko Masochist]

Scratch another game I'm not even going to bother buying because of pathetic companies.

First Rage and it's shitty DRM and cutting out a chunk of Single-player to second hand buyers.

Next Battlefield 3 which looked really good to play and was one of the games I really wanted to play.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

Said it. Underlined it. Internet took notice at last.

Given Ubisoft as well, can't PEGI or someone bring in someone to check up on these damn things?

Well, at least we get this warning. It's nice to find this out before everyone gets Origin for Battlefield 3. I'm just sad for the real loyal EA fans who already got it to try and support them. Hopefully they change this, but.....yeah.....

 

[Exile714]

OK, I know this might have been said and will definitely get buried, but the people who read this are absolutely numb to the law. What is says is not what people think it says. I guess you just have to have a law degree and some understanding about what effect contract language has beyond what the words seem to mean.

I'm not saying you guys are... uneducated. But you're not lawyers, that's for sure.

I could tell you that the TOS does not allow them to see what programs you have on your computer OTHER THAN their own. They can see your hardware, so that's something, I guess. But they can't see who you are, so how bad is it?

I can tell you they won't be able to watch your porn collection or know what sick things you do with downloaded Facebook photos...

But nobody will believe me anyway because you're all convinced that "companies are evil" and "my privacy is soooooo important" and "anyone can understand legal contracts" (the last one I honestly believed until I read your reactions to this TOS segment).

OK, go back to complaining, I'll leave you guys alone now.

 

[Scars Unseen]

I'm just going to file this under "reasons I can't condemn hackers" and wait for the inevitable "patch." I may not be willing to pirate games, but I'm also not willing to take it up the ass on EA's say so.

 

[JCBFGD]

*****'s got boycotted. I'll be calling them tomorrow to ask how to erase the spyware. Worthless motherfuckers should all be arrested.

 

[Tselis]

It still boggles the mind as to how this much of an invasion of privacy can be legal.

Because you agree to it. A contract can have the weirdest clauses imaginable in it and still hold up in court, because the two parties (or multiple parties) involved both agreed to it. That's just the way the law works.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

Ok, I'm definitely buying the console version.
Origin will never find it's way onto my PC.

I hate to tell ya man, but I think you still need an Origin account to play the hardcopy of the game.
EA is really playing hard ball.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

Another reason to stick to consoles, I guess.

Actually, you would still need an Origin account to play online.

 

[Arafiro]

Another reason to stick to consoles, I guess.

Actually, you would still need an Origin account to play online.

How so? Origin has nothing to do with consoles.

 

[Iron Lightning]

Well, that's it, I'm boycotting EA. They've done bullshit before, but this takes the whole brown cake. On that note, fuck Activision too, putting "always-online" DRM in all sorts of things. There's been on ongoing debate over the internet over which is worse, EA or Activision. I used to be entertained by this debate, now I'm just too sick of both of these companies. It's gotten to the point where it's like debating who the worse dictator was: Mao or Stalin? It doesn't matter, because they're both terrible.

Just buy the hardcopy. It isn't that hard.

The hardcopy could just mandate that you install Origin to run it. That's what Valve did to get Steam in the door. As they're already doing this highly unethical stuff then I don't think they won't some mildly unethical stuff. EA not requiring Origin to run the hardcopy would be like a serial killer who vehemently refuses to drive over the speed limit.

 

[Icehearted]

Wow! It's like they skipped to the final nail. Wild Tangent wasn't even this bad!

 

[00slash00]

to this day, i dont think i have heard a single positive thing about origin

 

[CaptainKoala]

It still boggles the mind as to how this much of an invasion of privacy can be legal.

Exactly, I also still don't understand how simply using their program qualifies as signing the contract.