Internet Explodes Over Origin's Invasion of Privacy

[major_chaos]

well that's it. I put up with everything til now, even going so far as to defend Origin but this is to much. so long battlefield 3

 

[Meander112]

Wow. I was on the verge of pre-ordering The Old Repulic. Thanks for the warning.

 

[Imper1um]

Looks like Origin is installing in GUEST MODE!

 

[dropZero]

Fucking EA! Hard. Copies. Come on people! I don't want to be the guy who's telling everyone to "Go back to horses, motors are just a fad!" but seriously!

Doesn't matter. Hard copies still require you to install Origin. At least the Battlefield 3 hard copies will. This is getting to be almost comical. I despise EA so much that I'm actually beginning to root for them just to see how far they can manage to bury their heads up their own asses.

 

[Vrach]

Dramatic title is dramatic... So, anyone checked EA's Privacy Policy, considering it overrides this whole thing according to that last sentence? We've agreed to that policy some billion times by now, I'd imagine it has a clause that forbids things like these, if this concept is new.

Want to opt out? You can't, except by not installing it at all, which of course means you don't get to play anything that requires Origin, including the long-anticipated Battlefield 3 [http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-Limited-Pc/dp/B002I0HJZO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1314202742&sr=8-3].

Spoiler: Yeah, no.

Has any of the articles about "Retail BF3 Requires Origin" been recanted? Because this is the only thing I see people constantly post yet no other sources to back it up.

Yeah, that's actually my convo with a customer service rep. Someone cross-thread quoted me once for it, but aye, I talked to the person myself, they just said nope.

And the whole "BF3 retail requires Origin" is based on the Escapist's tweet dissertation. Which you'll forgive me if I, based on quite a bit of past experience reading incorrect articles based on that and similar venues of info, don't believe for the fraction of a second.

 

[Dabono]

I don't get what all the fuzz is about :/
Steam/Valve does something that looks/sounds a lot like this. [http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey]

Line 3 on that website is: "Participation in the survey is optional, and anonymous."
That's not hardly the same now, is it?

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

HOLY SHIT! EA IS TRYING TO FUCK US OVER? WHO WOULDA THUNK IT! Its almost as if no one had every heard of them before...

-.-;

Why is this a surprise to some people?

That reminded me of this...


OT: Gotta love the tactics companies like EA try to pull. Unless people start taking notice and peel away the contradictions, hypocrisies and paradoxes like what's going on here, corporations will just steamroll over the "common folk". Rarely do people ever take that initiative, so long as they get fix...what's the point, right?

Hold on, something's slapping my butt...

 

[Reaper195]

And this is why I never got into PC gsming.

 

[Asehujiko]

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

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[Truly-A-Lie]

I thought Origin was just a download service, if you buy a physical copy of the game is this still an issue? Does the game not play without Origin or something?

 

[Enkidu88]

Get your hands off my god damn Porn stash, EA!

Er...Uh...

I mean, get your hands off my videos that feature naked people for...um... anatomical research!

 

[Ghostkai]

Wow. I was on the verge of pre-ordering The Old Repulic. Thanks for the warning.

http://www.swtor.com/community/devtracker.php

Stephen Reid confirms that:

"You are not required to use the Origin desktop client to download, patch or play the game client for Star Wars: The Old Republic."

 

[Enkidu88]

I thought Origin was just a download service, if you buy a physical copy of the game is this still an issue? Does the game not play without Origin or something?

No, it does not play without Origin. It's just alike a Steam game, even if you have the CD you still need Steam to play it.

 

[Riggsby101]

Good job I cancelled my Battlefield 3 pre-order last week....and replaced it with a pre-order for Skyrim.

 

[Kyle 2175]

And suddenly I realise why I always turn Origin off after using it.

 

[Truly-A-Lie]

I thought Origin was just a download service, if you buy a physical copy of the game is this still an issue? Does the game not play without Origin or something?

No, it does not play without Origin. It's just alike a Steam game, even if you have the CD you still need Steam to play it.

Well that sucks, even without the current privacy issue. My problems with these always online games, and need to connect to a higher service, no one is thinking of the long term. I can still plug in my Megadrive and play Afterburner 2, but when the time and situation has changed, how will people play Battlefield or Diablo 3?

 

[Android2137]

Aww man! I wanted Mass Effect 3! Oh well. Buying hard copy shouldn't hurt any, right?

 

[AngryFrenchCanadian]

Fucking EA! Hard. Copies. Come on people! I don't want to be the guy who's telling everyone to "Go back to horses, motors are just a fad!" but seriously!

If you buy a hard copy on the PC, you will still have to install Origin.

 

[ZombieGenesis]

I thought Origin was just a download service, if you buy a physical copy of the game is this still an issue? Does the game not play without Origin or something?

No, it does not play without Origin. It's just alike a Steam game, even if you have the CD you still need Steam to play it.

Well that sucks, even without the current privacy issue. My problems with these always online games, and need to connect to a higher service, no one is thinking of the long term. I can still plug in my Megadrive and play Afterburner 2, but when the time and situation has changed, how will people play Battlefield or Diablo 3?

They won't.
They'll have to go out and buy Battlefield 7.
Do you not see the methodology at work here?