While you weren’t watching, history was quietly made today. Video game company EA has achieved something no organization has ever done before. Through dedication, hard work, and a complete and utter commitment to the cause, EA has become the first company to win the Consumerist’s Worst Company In America award twice in a row.
But why are they the Worst Company In America? After all, as EA itself has pointed out, it’s rated against companies that actively ruin lives and steal from their customers. Some of the other companies that were in the running actually make the world a worse place in a very practical manner. Can a company who limits its activities to the video game industry which, internet drama aside, can’t really affect the public in the way Bank of America can be truly deserving of the title “Worst Company in America?”
Hell yes. And here’s why.
Lost to the Aether 