Origin. Is the program really that evil?

Spook187 said:
No the point is people up in arms about something so trivial,how many times do you read the terms and conditions when installing any other client or game,not many i bet.
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A certain appalling episode of southpark and centipad springs to mind.

Don't search for it, whatever you do it will destroy you.
 
Spook187 said:
No the point is people up in arms about something so trivial,how many times do you read the terms and conditions when installing any other client or game,not many i bet.
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As I said your missing the point, tho granted there may be some people who are purely steam fanboys and missing out for that reason, in the main tho this isn't the reason.
 
Rroff said:
As I said your missing the point, tho granted there may be some people who are purely steam fanboys and missing out for that reason, in the main tho this isn't the reason.
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If I could buy the game on disk and not have to install their shop I wouldn't have a problem at all, It's just bloatware, Why do I need it to install BF3? It is completely pointless, It adds nothing to my experience,

What I find weirder is all the people defending it, BF3 would be just as good without it, I understand people who are indifferent but why defend it? That really baffles me
 
What I find weirder is all the people defending it said:
They are probably affiliated in some way to EA, EA Dice,Digital River,or the aforementioned`s PR or Marketing departments.

Either that or they genuinely don't have a problem with companies tracking their every move to maximize their coinage while continually pumping out unfinished and unfit for purpose Products that consistantly fail to live up to the hype that precedes them.

Each to their own.
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My only problem with it is the whole Origin ID debacle. It seems that all my EA persona nicknames are "reserved" and so are preventing me from changing my master Origin ID to them. Rather annoying due to the fact BF3 forces your soldier name to your Origin ID...
 
EvilGrin said:
My only problem with it is the whole Origin ID debacle. It seems that all my EA persona nicknames are "reserved" and so are preventing me from changing my master Origin ID to them. Rather annoying due to the fact BF3 forces your soldier name to your Origin ID...
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The problem most people have with Origin is that as part of the EULA you agree to let EA scan your hard drive and upload findings to their servers, they then have the right to sell on this information,

There is no opt out and if you disagree you can't install origin which then means you can't play BF3
 
Pixel said:
I don't need 2 gaming content platforms on my PC, I'll stick with Steam.
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Steam doesn't sell every game though. You can't blame a big company like EA wanting their own distribution platform and not have to pay valve a percentage of every sale. Oh well, your loss I guess.

I agree evilgrin, I'm stuck with Sniffy88 :/

SuBsTaNcE said:
The problem most people have with Origin is that as part of the EULA you agree to let EA scan your hard drive and upload findings to their servers, they then have the right to sell on this information,

There is no opt out and if you disagree you can't install origin which then means you can't play BF3
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Where in their terms and conditions does it say this?
 
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EA EULA said:
In addition to information that you give EA directly, EA collects information for purposes of improving our products and services, providing services to you, facilitating the provision of software updates, dynamically served content and product support as well as communicating with you. The information that EA collects includes technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol Address) and operating system, as well as information about your Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware.
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I really don't see the problem with it. It's got a tidy enough UI and some other small features. It's still clearly in development so give it a chance. The prices are obviously higher than other e-tailers, but you can buy games from others and activate them on Origin :)
 
It's POO, i'd rather have everything in Steam.

It's to sluggish, very poorly coded, an inconvience as Steam is the better platform.
 
sniffy said:
Steam doesn't sell every game though. You can't blame a big company like EA wanting their own distribution platform and not have to pay valve a percentage of every sale. Oh well, your loss I guess.
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Not really, it just ensures that I don't have to trawl through DRM-ridden EA games when browsing through Steam.

Now if only Ubisoft would do the same thing..
 
sniffy said:
Interesting. I can't say that level of invasion bothers me though. Kinda like some people's objections to a Tesco club card; I really don't care that my shopping habits are logged.
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If I wanted to use origin I would have no problem with it, the problem I have is that is is being forced on me because I want to play BF3,

Surely people understand my point, I am in no way a fanboy, I really want to play BF3 but I don't want to accept the origin EULA, I really wish I could play without installing origin,

I know I am losing out but it's the principle of the matter, I shouldn't be forced to install something so intrusive to play a game
 
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