# What the heck is wrong with Origin?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-origin/685750>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 9, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-origin/685750 "2014-04-09T20:00:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-origin/685750/1 "2014-04-09T20:00:54Z")

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Origin upgrades _something_ about twice a week, and every time they do it, they lose my login information. I have now completely lost all of my Sims games. I have tried three different logins and can’t find my games. I may just give up, because this happens over and over again, and I may just wait till Sims 4 comes out in January. It’s just so frustrating.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-origin/685750/2 "2014-04-12T08:39:56Z")

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Why not go to the website and request a new password? It works just like other sites in that regard.

I agree that it logging you out is annoying, but I’ve only really noticed it when the computer shuts down unexpectedly.

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**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-origin/685750/3 "2014-04-12T10:31:08Z")

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…What the heck is wrong with Origin? What, you mean like being an infinitely-worse knockoff of Steam made and constructed by a company with a horrible track record of dicking around its employees and customers?

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**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-origin/685750/4 "2014-04-14T20:52:37Z")

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The fact that it exists perhaps? Really what isn’t wrong with it? Then again, I might be a little prejudiced.