I agree wholeheartedly with you on that.
We should NOT be being forced into using a client app they OBVIOUSLY haven't programmed correctly in the first place.
There's NO GOOD reason all these paying customers should be having all the problems we are having due to the new client.
Honestly, as was mentioned in another thread, we really should be starting a class action lawsuit against EA Games regarding this crap.
Apparently, that is the only way anyone in the company is going to take our problem seriously.
All they have to do is quit trying to lock us out of the Origin client and let us continue using it while they get their hot mess of a dumpster fire EA client working correctly.
Technically, we paid for a digital consumer product--the games--that they should in no way be preventing us from playing to begin with. We shouldn't even NEED a client to play our games. I can see the need for having to log into our accounts (for authentication purposes only) to download our games. But, once that's done.....that's it....we should be able to play our games offline on our computers for the rest of eternity without any interference from them. So, wth do we need with a 'game client' to begin with? It's bordering on fraud to force us to use a 'game client' in the first place. Then....they 'force' us to try an use a broken one that doesn't even work and people are losing their games they paid for. That is criminal and worthy of a class action lawsuit.