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stormpiilots's avatar
4 years ago

why is the EA app throttling my downloads?

i always had the same issue with origin, no matter how good my wifi connection is, or how fast i might be able to download a similar sized file from another platform (i once downloaded the sims 4 on steam rather than origin or the EA app and found it downloaded within minutes, while i have to wait hours on an actual EA platform). why on earth does EA mess with download speeds like this, and is there anything i can do short of abandoning EA and their platforms altogether?

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  • stormpiilots's avatar
    stormpiilots
    4 years ago

    @iluminatethesky as i stated in my original post, i'm using the EA app now, not origin. either way, messing around in origin's settings never did anything for me when i was using it, that's exactly why i switched and started using the EA app. the issue is that the EA app is just as painfully slow, if not worse. 

  • SwordSaint77's avatar
    SwordSaint77
    2 years ago

    Has this issue been resolved? I have 1Gb internet speeds and my update today is struggling to stay over 100 KB/s. I just need to do a 1 GB update. It should take about 40 seconds. It's insanely frustrating. Has EA figured out what causes this yet? 

    And please don't tell me to restart my computer or clear my cache.

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