Jeff, on 02 November 2011 - 09:24 PM, said:
So I heard some German privacy lawyers are non too happy with this EA Origin spyware installed when you play Battlefield 3. This software basically monitors everything you do and you can't remove it as far as I know. Rumor has it that this Origin might be required to play Mass Effect 3. In terms of Mass Effect 3, if Bioware makes the game, shouldn't they have a say in whether this Origin stuff goes in it?
Link to article
The linked GameStar article was pretty interesting. It boils down to the fact that a lot of Origin's EULA legalese is simply in contradiction to German civil law and thus invalid. Broken DRM like this is why I hardly play modern games nowadays.
The Commander, on 03 November 2011 - 11:37 AM, said:
DanM sent me this link and I think it speaks the truth of gaming today.
This is hilarious, even though it's somewhat sad.