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5 years ago
https://twitter.com/PartWelsh/status/1445292185121853446?s=20
Apparently I was wrong. Look at this, you can use Origin to download files and move them later when they fix and put Beta in EA Desktop (not sure when this will happen tho)
5 years ago
@ARAPZOR69 Awesome. Thanks for sharing!!!
- 5 years ago

So Steam is a viable option to pre-load, too. Considering bandwidth limits, Steam might actually be the quickest option. :D