Why am I getting forced to install EA App?
every time i open origin it softlocks me into a window that suggests to install ea app. now i thought okay its forcing me to install this must be a good reason but no. i log in with the right account...
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TLDR; EA has begun shutting down servers and Origin simply no longer functions, whether you apply any fixes or not. I'm sorry ☹️
Hello friends and fellow sufferers. I have terrible news for everyone here, much to my own misery. As of today, 19 June 2023, it appears that EA has shut down a portion of Origin's online servers. After hours of trying to figure out why the common fix worked yesterday and now does not, I finally found a YouTube tutorial where the creator pinned a comment today with this information. Seems they are officially swinging the hatchet on many players' last hope for their games--at least until further notice.
If you would like to read the comment or watch the video (another explanation of a fix which you've probably tried at this point) then I provide you with the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xf3-dphNe8
And if you don't feel comfortable following a link, then you can search the following on YouTube directly: "Stickmanweasel How to bypass the EA app migration message in origin"
I hope this is, at the very least, helpful to some people when it comes to not wasting time with dead end searches. I fear what the result of this new sabotage is for players that don't have the option to try to use the new platform whatsoever. Good luck comrades, and please for the love of holy chickens--don't shoot the messenger!
Not true. They haven't purged the servers on Mac. Whether they like it or not, until they purge the the servers on Mac, there is ALWAYS a work around.
Just gonna leave this here. https://www.reddit.com/r/origin/comments/14du4wp/welp/
@HotFoot23 Unfortunately that doesn't work, for me at least. Origin now loads but my games library is empty.
I can still use the system tray icon to launch recent games but I could do that back when the Please Use EA App message was displayed.
That worked great!!
Thank you for sharing.
I can now play my favorite game using the right click on tray icon.
No need to install that EA app that act's like a virus.
