@ProfessorEss said:

@dudeglove said:

This is amazing. First GB's news was dominated by the PSN disaster, now it's EA being all round dicks. Who's next?

UbiSoft is primed and ready.

that's pretty shitty of them. change it now ea. since they probably won't and i only use steam i guess it won't matter for me. my pc is pretty nice, but not battlefield 3 looking better than consoles nice. so it doesn't matter to me yet.

How do i op out of the steam Info sharing system?  do i need to re-install?
 
Is this just on EA origin store? or is it for all EA products?

Uninstalled Origin. You'll never know my secret!!
 
Not even free ME2 Pc is worth this...

EA. Im all set to buy BF3. 2 things though. I don't buy pc games on disc and not on origin. If only there was some third option....

Woah. Remind me not to install Origin. Actually, no need since I wasn't going to anyway.

ryanwho on Aug. 24, 2011 at 12:01 p.m. @CrossTheAtlantic said: @ryanwho said: "Someone defend this as good business practice lol You don't get it. They're selling that information so they can better cater to you! Don't you want all your internet traffic integrated into targeted ads? This is the future!" "Man I never get it." ------------------ This is interesting to me, because lately I have been getting these targeted ads when I do the net. I knew something was wrong when I had bought at an online irrigation store(of all things!) and started seeing adsa for them next to news articles. It was a computer parts store featuring the Graphics card I was researching and bought, before.

It's pretty dumb that EA won't just submit to steam, this shit is getting stupid. Get with it you dip shits, your slander on the COD franchise and this Origin garbage both come off as pretty unprofessional to me.

I was actually starting to like EA before all this crap, but hey, at least they're still a step up from Activision. I don't support Activision by buying their games, I dislike them that much.

Fuck off, EA.

Needs more corporate bullshit.

Stop buying EA games. Less people do it every year, help the trend.

Origin is a failure before it even started.

@nick_verissimo: I have a BF3 clan.

I've been supportive of most of EA's decision concerning Origin, but that is just filthy. Come on, Electronic Arts, address this. Quickly.

How ironic that Brad was waxing poetic, at least in the hypothetical sense, on how he was excited to see where Origin would go, if it would be a true Steam competitor. It's not even in the same category as Steam. Go fuck yourself, EA. Surely there has to be a better way for you to make money.

Farewell EA. Never again will any of your software find its way onto any of my PC's, now or in the future.

like the girl/guy who goes out on one date with someone of the opposite sex, goes through your wallet while you're going to the bathroom and then goes directly to Facebook and tells EVERYONE!!!

Three businesses care about making money. I know this is all very shocking and upsetting to all of us.

Why is Alex reporting this? I thought he was on screened and this was Patrick's job.

You know I didn't mind the minor annoyance of having to have Origin going to play BF3, but this actually has me considering the console option. I just don't see how they can win when every move they make with this program seems to screw over the customer.

Queue Samuel L. Jackson: 
 
"TAKE MY BLOOD! HERE IT IS! TAKE IT!"

Yeah, it apparently really was a good idea to have a separate computer for games. Probably you want to wipe even that from time to time.

and pirates come to the rescue once again

i hope if they do patch in the opt-out feature that some tech-savvy dude checks to make sure its actually not still collecting information.

Well, my interest in BF3 certainly plummeted.

I was all "meh" until I read the part about selling our information to third parties as they see fit. Then I got pissed. Really pissed.

Yeah, it apparently really was a good idea to have a separate computer for games. Probably you want to wipe even that from time to time.

I cannot see why people are surprised about this, to be completely honest.

Good thing I'm getting it on Xbox then.

I cannot see why people are surprised about this, to be completely honest.

This article is fair and well written. I'm glad no one resorted to sensationalistic headli...

Oh it's Alex.

Carry on, Internet.

Yawn. Internet, you've been taking shit like this for YEARS from all over the place. Don't act like this is something new. You're just looking for reasons to enjoy raging, of which there are plenty already.

@FacestabMan said:

I cannot see why people are surprised about this, to be completely honest.

Companies gathering data from users. Its unheard of! Oh wait...

Bobby Kotick is spinnin sick brodies in solid platinum Bugatti out in the Activision parking lot right now. Way to go EA.

welp, that's some ugly head rearing.

doesn't everybody on the internets do something like this?

Google does, facebook does. Your antivirus software does.

Just don't give a crap.

I'm not ashamed at staring at Miranda's ass (not like there is anything else to stare at during dialogue, bioware are pervs).

Wow that's super gross and I just realized that I've already agreed to it when they were giving out free copies of Mass Effect 2 on the PC. There is no UGH big enough for this bullshit.

Three businesses care about making money. I know this is all very shocking and upsetting to all of us.

Why is Alex reporting this? I thought he was on screened and this was Patrick's job.

Fucking Christ, I DO NOT want this bullshit just to play BF3. You're not making any friends here, EA.

Well use a full virtual machine or something like SandBoxee EA no longer gets access to your computer except for copies of the files it needs.  yeah it's a waste of HD space but blame EA for that.

People are making a huge deal out of this right now so hopefully my comments will put this into perspective.
 

I'm going to have to have this installed because I'm getting The Old Republic so this is really pissing me off...

incidentally we need an honest judge to crack down on EULAs - contracts no one actually signs or agrees to before a purchase should not be legal.  also their widespread use to push abusive terms onto the customer without compensating them or even showing a shred of intent to negotiate terms is pretty much the definition of an unenforceable (illegal) contract.

Uh Alex? I think we should keep @Xeridae's comment in mind.

I like Alex articles. He tells it like it is.

Since I still want to play BF3.

I will simply deny Origins internet access outside of the little time it needs to verify the game.

It still sucks and is distasteful, but hey one of the reasons to game on the PC at all is the ability to control your own operating environment.

I like Alex articles. He tells it like it is.

If this doesn't change I'm gonna regrettably have to cancel my TOR preorder :/

If it was just anonymous usage statistics, that's fine, but personal information? Come on EA, fucking seriously?

If this doesn't change I'm gonna regrettably have to cancel my TOR preorder :/

If it was just anonymous usage statistics, that's fine, but personal information? Come on EA, fucking seriously?