Ya they did this a while ago. I never let my game update though, so I don't have to have Origin to play. I removed Securom myself, so I don't need their updated version. I also used my sims 3 disks and the super patch so my sims 3 game isn't linked to Origin either. I don't even have Origin installed, yay me! :D
I hate the idea though. I don't know why they just can't leave the older games alone. There is zero point in linking it to Origin, other then to annoy. There are no benefits. If you already had the game installed, you still have Securom, unless you removed it yourself. That is only good for new downloads. Frankly I would rather go through removing it myself, it is not hard.
