I do wonder if he would have gotten fewer points if he had jumped the ribbon rather than hitting it, or does that violate his "collect no coins" rule?
I did install Origin along with my The Sims 3 stuff, and it's barely even a thing. If EA was really worried about making sure they can give players the best experience they would make Origin something of value rather than holding games hostage. Origin is barely beyond what Steam was in 2004.