EA bans no longer affect Single Player, DLC

This is a bit of a strange piece - apparently about a month ago on the 8th, EA lightened the heavy load of multiplayer bans on the Origin service - stopping them from affecting your ability to play single player games and DLC. Instead of letting everyone know that they are doing something decent for their customers however, EA sat on it until the 8th so they could get their legal stuff in order. Then on the 8th, they still weren't out and about trying to mitigate their recent nomination and success at The Worst Company In America Awards, which is why you're only really hearing about it now.

How did they manage it? They fixed Offline mode, which evidently dictates the switch which flips between "This person can play any games which don't require human interaction, which they apparently fail at" and "NO NO NO, NO GAMES EVER." The updated policy reads as follows:

If you find yourself with a disabled account, please note that you can still play EA games in single-player mode. For PC games you will need to enable Origin's offline mode to play games with a disabled account. Go to the settings tab in Origin (the gear icon) and select Go Offline.

If you were thinking about celebrating EA's new terms by spamming the EA forums with goatse however, you might want to hold off - while from what I've been able to learn, EA's new terms also apply to the forums, I haven't yet gotten official confirmation - we'll update the story once we know more.