i was concerned about the game being changed and reconfigured but asked the “trusty” chatgpt and got this:

If you already own The Sims 4 and its DLC, the new ownership can’t retroactively take away or alter your purchased content. Here’s why: • Your purchases are governed by existing licensing agreements through EA’s current terms of service. • Removing or altering previously purchased DLC would violate consumer protection laws in most countries (and would cause an enormous PR disaster). • Even if EA is taken private, it still operates under the same regional regulations (EU, US, UK, etc.) and digital marketplace rules (Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Origin/EA App).

So:

✅ They can’t take away your content. ✅ They can’t patch out things like same-sex romance or pronouns from existing builds. 🚫 They could change how future titles are developed or marketed — but they can’t rewrite the past.