As explicit as you would have never imagined, EA's Origin license agreement states that the program is free to act exactly as spyware and that the only way to opt out of that is not to install or use it at all.
According to the service's EULA, by installing the client program the user gives EA permission to identify his computer, operating system, installed/uninstalled software/hardware, and use that information for marketing purposes while merrily sharing it with third party companies.
Origin is required mandatorily to play Battlefield 3 on the PC.
August 25, 2011 - 12:36pm