Origin ...

I have no real words !!!
I play The Sims since the first part and have been bought each additional package.
(About the general frustration that the add-on packages are becoming more expensive and hardly have content, and the fact that each new game is so buggy that one can hardly play before Absturzen that will definitely not be on my PC, I write now times nothing).

When you install "Generations Pets" Origin is installed automatically. At Origin itself one must I think nothing more to say.
However, there are always statements that Origin can be omitted from the installation, or that it is now no longer dealing with spyware.
Both are wrong.
Installation without Origin is definitely not possible. Therefore, I will immediately give back the game uninstalled.
If EA does not change here, the Sims is now dead to me. (And probably all other new EA games because now almost everything is affected by Origin what newly comes out).

I dealt with the fact that EA Origin has supposedly improved so that not all data are spied on.
The change is absolutely ridiculous. It is no longer stored communication among users.
On all other data (credit data, everything is installed on the PC, etc.) will continue to be accessed.

In addition, the identity is stored, which means that the data are not anonymous, but at any time it is possible to bring data and identity with each other.

Let's not kidding you.
Something you should not be put up with.

I'm really a huge fans of the Sims, but that has to do nothing with fun !!!