Difference is that EA did this:
DRM: So you really isnt the owner of your disk, they should choose in how many computers you can have it. If at least it was for digital games I could "try" to understand.
Origin: I only see people telling bad things about it, please if someone here had a good experience with it let me know, so I can remove this bad impression of Origin.
Offline games that need to stay online: Sim City, why they would want you to always be online to play Sim City? People have proven that its possible to fully play it offline if you hack the game, so it obviously is a enhanced DRM thing, even more intrusive.
Also this, maybe the worse and discovered it by acident now:
Accusations of spying[edit source | editbeta]
Origin's end-user license agreement (EULA) gives EA permission to collect information about users' computers regardless of its relation to the Origin program itself, including "application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware."[28] Initially, the EULA also contained a passage permitting EA to more explicitly monitor activity as well as to edit or remove material at their discretion.[29] However, this section was removed following an outcry over privacy implications. That outcry was fueled in part by pictures and video captured by several German gamers which showed Origin accessing tax programs and other unrelated software,[30] as well as a report by the news magazine Der Spiegel investigating the allegations.[31][32] In response to the controversy, EA issued a statement claiming they "do not have access to information such as pictures, documents or personal data, which have nothing to do with the execution of the Origin program on the system of the player, neither will they be collected by us."[33] EA also added a sentence to the EULA stating that they would not "use spyware or install spyware on users' machines," though users must still consent to allowing EA to collect information about their computers.[34]
Apart from all that, their fanboys doesnt help EA anymore simply because they've lost a lot of their fanbase because of these bad things. Any company in right mind wont will abandon their fans, since they are the people that gives them money. Look at Capcom, they neglected fans for so long that now they are almost going bankrupt, atleast Monter Hunter 4 is saving them for a vrief time with it high sells.