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Re: Is there a setting to completly close the EA app on exit?

We shouldn't even HAVE to close the app, it should automatically close when we exit the game?!?

This "launcher" nonsense is not even needed in the first place, why not just let us run the game and opt out of having to use a "launcher".

No, not only do they force us to have this absurd "launcher" crap, they add insult to injury by automatically leaving it open after we exit the game which caused it to run in the first place.

As if that were not obnoxious enough - they double down on their "screw the customer, we do what we want" attitude by not only leaving this unwanted launcher running on your PC, no, they have to make it worse by DISABLING the most commonly used method to exit a Windows program: pressing the "X" button.  It's not just a minor annoyance, it's actually obnoxious and offensive that EVERY time you play a game like Apex you get this annoying non-standard GUI behavior thrown in your face, no, you can't just press "X" to eXit the app (which you shouldn't have to do in the first place), no, you have to go through a menu and do multiple steps just to close the program you didn't want running in the first place.

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  • ATFGunr's avatar
    ATFGunr
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    3 years ago

    @CritofurThe app can be fully closed by right-clicking the app in the toolbar, and selecting exit. It closes the app but not the background service. The background service can only be closed from the task manager. It cannot be closed while gaming as it shuts the works down. Of course it should not need to be closed by right clicking in the toolbar, the X in the corner of the window should shut that down. When it’s shut down, the background app should also shut down. It’s clearly meant to fool the average user who hits X. If I say it’s bordering on fraudulent will I get banned? Maybe. How about deceptive? It’s definitely deceptive.

    (cm edit - removed language)

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