EA Relases Steam-like Updater

EA downloader is a lightweight PC application (approximately 5MB) that downloads EA games in the background. It keeps you up-to-date with the latest patches, trailers, and new game content without requiring login every time you play.

I hate EA, and I don't want their bullshit software on my system, if they make it so you can't install a game on your computer without installing this "updater" I will be buying even less EA games than I already do.

This is just masked DRM bullshit, I don't care how lightweight they say it is, I don't want extra crap running on my machine.

Quoted from the F.A.Q.

In short, EA downloader ensures that your game never wears out by delivering the latest content

Bullshit, this is just another way to track what your playing and report it back to them, I doubt there will be a much content being pushed down to the users, most likely just patches for the unfinished crap EA likes to call games.

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