{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Games Learning Society","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki","author_name":"GLS Team","author_url":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/author\/gls-team\/","title":"Is Origin and EA Desktop the same? - Games Learning Society","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ItIIcJ82wP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/is-origin-and-ea-desktop-the-same\/\">Is Origin and EA Desktop the same?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/is-origin-and-ea-desktop-the-same\/embed\/#?secret=ItIIcJ82wP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Is Origin and EA Desktop the same?&#8221; &#8212; Games Learning Society\" data-secret=\"ItIIcJ82wP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Is Origin and EA Desktop the Same? Unraveling EA&#8217;s Platform Shift In short, no, Origin and EA Desktop are not the same. Origin was EA&#8217;s previous PC gaming platform, akin to Steam, while the EA app (formerly known as EA Desktop) is its successor. Think of it as EA upgrading from an older model car ... Read more","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gls-featured.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":630}