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SnoFitzroy's avatar
4 months ago
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Extremely critical glitch that people have been complaining about for years!

Glitched behavior: The EA App opens itself when I close a game that is published by EA

Expected Behavior A: The EA App never opens unless I expressly tell it to by explicitly clicking on it in the app list or on my desktop.

Expected Behavior B: The EA App at least takes into consideration whether or not it was the install method for the game and use that fact to NOT OPEN ITSELF as much.

Example: I have The Sims 4 installed via Steam, not the EA app. Because The Sims 4 is available in the EA App, the EA app will open itself when I close the game, even though the EA app has nothing to do with me playing the game, but was a forced install I did not want or ask for upon installing the game (because EA stands for Evil and Annoying)

Pople have been reporting this glitch for YEARS, and it wasn't a problem on Origin. Fix it, literally this second. I'm sick of this stupid app, and I hope whoever made it gets fired for being bad at their job.

  • Hi there, 

    Please note that it is required to have the EA app installed in order to play your EA games. When you purchase an EA game from another platform such as Steam, you will have to link this account to your EA account. You can then use Steam to launch your game but the EA app must be running in the background. Regarding the EA app opening when you turn on your PC, you can change that option in the app settings. 

    Thanks, 

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    EA_cuervo
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    4 months ago

    Hi there, 

    Please note that it is required to have the EA app installed in order to play your EA games. When you purchase an EA game from another platform such as Steam, you will have to link this account to your EA account. You can then use Steam to launch your game but the EA app must be running in the background. Regarding the EA app opening when you turn on your PC, you can change that option in the app settings. 

    Thanks, 

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