I'm of course an upstanding citizen. I follow all local and federal laws etc etc, so let's create a hypothetical person; Joe Everyman.
Joe Everyman downloads torrents for movies/music/shows to enjoy from time to time, of stuff he had no intent on buying anyways (would otherwise not get the stuff whatsoever if it wasn't for torrents). He has a cracked version of Photoshop CS5 that he dabbles with to fix photos and play around with. Joe's been following Battlefield 3 & Modern Warfare 3 for some time now and is interested in playing the beta (and perhaps the full game if it's good) for Battlefield 3. He's heard plenty of negative stuff about Origin, which is required to play Battlefield 3, and is scared that downloading/installing Origin could be detrimental to him due to the downloaded movies/music/shows he has on his hard drive.
QUESTION: If you were "Joe Everyman" would you be okay with downloading/installing Origin? Yes or no, and why?
yes its fine, its ea's crummy downloader thing for the BF3 beta, i have it (very buggy and laggy atm)
Even after EA adjusted the Origin EULA, I'm sure this is what worries Joe Everybody the most;
Gamespot - EA Changes Origin EULA
"According to the current agreement, "EA would never sell your personally identifiable information to anyone, nor would it ever use spyware or install spyware on users' machines. We and agents acting on our behalf do not share information that personally identifies you without your consent, except in rare instances where disclosure is required by law or to enforce EA's legal rights.""
if you use trend macro..or one of like 3 other good anti-virus software, it wont even let you use origin due to all the crap. I had to fully disable all components just to get the website to load correctly.
This might mean that if your account on origin has an email/name/ip/credit card that is being searched for by law, they will co-operate with said law to find you. however it is illegal for them to just browse your files and folders and for them to have already stated no spyware is on the computer they cant view anything or know what is on your computer other then their own games.
Having said that I am Canadian and as I'm aware its still legal for me to download what ever material I want, so long as I am not the creator of said material.
uhm..... just gonna make it simple, its safe to download...... <_<
Heh I think (no offense) you might be confused. No one is asking if it's broken or not working or some sorta of virus etc. I'm just wondering if it'll put someone in compromising situation if they have pirated things on their PC.
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Joe Everyman downloads torrents for movies/music/shows to enjoy from time to time, of stuff he had no intent on buying anyways (would otherwise not get the stuff whatsoever if it wasn't for torrents). He has a cracked version of Photoshop CS5 that he dabbles with to fix photos and play around with. Joe's been following Battlefield 3 & Modern Warfare 3 for some time now and is interested in playing the beta (and perhaps the full game if it's good) for Battlefield 3. He's heard plenty of negative stuff about Origin, which is required to play Battlefield 3, and is scared that downloading/installing Origin could be detrimental to him due to the downloaded movies/music/shows he has on his hard drive.
QUESTION: If you were "Joe Everyman" would you be okay with downloading/installing Origin? Yes or no, and why?
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TL;DR - Origin, ye or nay?
Even after EA adjusted the Origin EULA, I'm sure this is what worries Joe Everybody the most;
Gamespot - EA Changes Origin EULA
"According to the current agreement, "EA would never sell your personally identifiable information to anyone, nor would it ever use spyware or install spyware on users' machines. We and agents acting on our behalf do not share information that personally identifies you without your consent, except in rare instances where disclosure is required by law or to enforce EA's legal rights.""
Having said that I am Canadian and as I'm aware its still legal for me to download what ever material I want, so long as I am not the creator of said material.
Heh I think (no offense) you might be confused. No one is asking if it's broken or not working or some sorta of virus etc. I'm just wondering if it'll put someone in compromising situation if they have pirated things on their PC.