EA/Origin

[Turkish]

Seems to be a lot of talk about their practices online at the moment. As I don't game on a pc I don't know if this is similar steam but some of the wording seems very invasive in regards to the T&C you agree to.

2. Consent to Collection and Use of Data.
You agree that EA may collect, use, store and transmit technical and
related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol 37683v1
Address), operating system, Application usage (including but not limited to
successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral
hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software
updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you,
including online services. EA may also use this information combined with
personal information for marketing purposes and to improve our products and
services. We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a
form that does not personally identify you. IF YOU DO NOT WANT EA TO
COLLECT, USE, STORE, TRANSMIT OR DISPLAY THE DATA DESCRIBED IN
THIS SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE APPLICATION.
This and all other data provided to EA and/or collected by EA in connection with
your installation and use of this Application is collected, used, stored and
transmitted in accordance with EA's Privacy Policy located at www.ea.com. To
the extent that anything in this section conflicts with the terms of EA's Privacy
Policy, the terms of the Privacy Policy shall control.

Spyware much?

 

[conneh]

Origin will flop, Steam will prevail, EA will cry for Steam to sell BF3 for them again.

Steam do hardware surveys and that, it's similar but not as dense/infiltrating as EA seem to be.

 

[Turkish]

That's the part I wondered about, I know there are some T&C's that never get read where you agree to things you might feel a bit of an invasion of privacy but this looked far more invasive than I would expect for a service that's providing computer games.

 

[tyranical]

Both are f**king s**t. Just let me install my f**king games.

 

[Darren S]

Seems really quite intrusive. Good 'ol EA, eh?

D.

 

[Jon.G]

I really hope EA will crash and burn sometime soon. Most of their games are painfully slow and irritating.

 

[SamP]

Personally I think it'll crash and burn. f**king deserves it.

 

[conneh]

No doubt about it that it will crash and burn. Steam won't ever be topped, its too late and too good to do much about it.

 

[st3ve]

This is no surprise, EA have been using this crap in their games for years.