To German pc gamers since the release of Battlefield 3, great dissatisfaction arose over EA’s Origin. The digital distribution platform would behave like spyware. Now get the shooter on Amazon.de a very low rating.
In an article on the German gamesite GameStar sweeps a lawyer the floor with the general terms and conditions of Origin. The distribution platform from EA would be on a large-scale user data collection. This is the danger of violating the privacy lurking. According to the lawyer, would EA even the German legislation violated.
Although it is known that Origin.exe communicating with the EA servers, have German pc gamers discovered that the client behaves like spyware. Using the tool Process Monitor would have detected that Origin.exe among other files from an accounting program and an application for a phone to keep an eye on.
From protest are gamers started to have the limited edition of Battlefield 3 on the German Amazon site the lowest rating to give. Would gamers who have the game from Amazon, have purchased this en masse return. According to rumors also accept retailers such as Saturn and Media Market without murmurings used Battlefield 3 copies.
While in Germany, the commotion around the Origin persists, it is in the Netherlands since the release of Battlefield 3 on October 28, hardly any outcry over the alleged Spyware. EA has not yet commented on the allegations.