Looks like more proprietary malware: https://startpage.com/rto/search?q=origin+spyware
Not only is suggesting proprietary software foolish, it is potentially dangerous in this case. This is why we support free software--if Origin were free, the community would remove the spyware and carry on. Not to mention that proprietary software can introduce further updates to add more proprietary features that the user never agreed to in the first place. Andrew
