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Why does Battlefield 2042 require Origin (running in the background) when playing through Steam, if Apex Legends (EA game) doesn't require it ? IMO it defeats the whole purpose of buying it
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Trying to play EA game bought on steam, given "Your game failed to launch | An error on our end caused your launch to fail. Try again a little later." : r/origin
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