@GraceyManor: I just received the same email.
I'm waiting for an agent in chat right now, there is no way in h that I'm gonna pay a monthly subscription fee for something that I can play on my pc without being online. I feel this is EA's way of trying to railroading people into accepting a monthly fee. I subscribe to a lot of other companies (Steam, Epic to name just a few and all free) and I just can't afford to pay everyone for the "benefit" of providing them with business. I may love my sims but they'll be gone if I have to pay a monthly fee to play them.
