EA's Origin may be glorified Spyware, causes mass upset

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twesterm said:

PullusPardus said:
"The EULA says that EA can identify your computer, operating system, installed/uninstalled software/hardware, and use that information for marketing purposes while merrily sharing it with third party companies. "

Big.
fucking.
deal.

for the record , steam does this too, thats how they give you game and driver updates, and also recommend you to upgrade your graphic card or other stuff.

Where does it state that in the Steam EULA?

http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

I admit I didbn't read it fully and only skimmed it and then searched for "collect" but I didn't see anything like that.

it's in http://www.valvesoftware.com/privacy.html