Run Sims 3 without Origin

@tootoocool68 Well you can blame Microsoft and Apple as they decided to stop supporting SecuROM and SafeDisc. This was the DRM The Sims 3 was released with. SecuROM was considered a rootkit and was poorly supported. EA decided to develop a Steam like DRM. All games were left running unless you reinstalled or added new DLC. At that time you were required to redeem the game code in Origin. When you pay for the game you do not own it. What you are paying for is a license to use the software. This is the EULA (end user license agreement) that you agreed to the first time you ran the game (you know the thing that no one reads). If you do not agree with the EULA you have the right to stop using the software. Licensing of software has been around for some time (thank you very much Mircosoft). SecuROM is not new. It was developed by Sony Audio Disc Corporation. With the amount of people who like Steam I'm really surprised that EA users don't like Origin (which is much like Valve's Steam) and doesn't introduce a rootkit to your computer. SecuROM had an install limit and had other issues that were never fixed and mostly caused issues for legal owners of the software and really didn't prevent the piracy it was supposed to and never updated to fix the issues. In the end both Microsoft and Apple decided to stop supporting these DRMs. This has left EA and other game distributors HAVING to support their games by other means. So why don't you complain to the people who started this whole mess. I have several games that won't run on Windows 10 (and previous versions of Windows) like Bioshock which introduced SecuROM to the gaming world. When I bought Fallout 4 I had to activate my game on Steam. When I bought my last 2 Tombraider games I had to activate both on Steam. My brother gave my a PS3 console - I used the console for over a year and then all of a sudden games quit working. I took games back to GameStop only to find the new games wouldn't work either. Then I found out I had to register my console when the PS4 was coming out. I have owned a few consoles in my time and have never had to register any of them before. I only wish someone had told me. I use Microsoft Media Center and all of a sudden MS decides to drop it from Windows 10 operating system. Then Microsoft was supposed to put Kodi into the Xbox One and after a year MS decides to drop the project. There is a lot of garbage going around and it's not being caused by the people you think. I really don't know what the answer is but changes need to come and developers need to to make money for their creations. Well I think I've said enough.