![]() StarForce also caught some flak for allegedly screwing up people's optical drives, but honestly if you read the link by cyssero below, from TweakGuides, that was either a very obscure issue or non-existent.Īll of the compatibility and instability that StarForce and SecuROM did once have with certain optical drives and imaging software has been ironed out with their newer versions of copy protection. The main issue with them was that they were persistently difficult to remove entirely, if you ended up removing the games that required them (lots of registry keys, hidden folders and bizarre installation paths), which is something they shared in common with the behaviour of a rootkit (ala the infamous Sony BMG Rootkit), but that did not necessarily imply they were. The big hoo-ha over SecuROM and Starforce is something that should be relegated to the mid-2000s. These days every digital content delivery and DRM system you use (Steam, Origin, UPlay, ) is just about as invasive if not more invasive by virtue of being always-online and always phoning home. I am concerned about running into problems again if the Origin app completely goes away and the EA App still does not properly support The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.Would like to know if this is something I should be concerned with or not. I reached out to EA and received a link that ultimately allowed me to download Origin and I have The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection back again. I tried to download The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection through the EA App, but although it would download, it was not installable. I went to download Origin to get back to simming and it was no longer available. I recently borked my laptop (the one without a CD/DVD drive). ![]() ![]() ![]() When EA offered The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection through Origin, I got it to make it easier to install, especially for laptops without CD/DVD drives. I have purchased all content for The Sims 2 on CDs. TLDR: The Origin app is being completely discontinued by the end of the year but it's the only way I can download and install The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection. How to Safeguard The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection when Origin goes away. ![]()
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