Who knows, but I don't think EA is that stupid. Steam is a lot ahead of Origin. Ubisoft will keep uplay around, maybe they are just ignoring EA's origin as it isn't selling much of their games.
Just discussing this topic further.
Even though Steam is much ahead of EA and even though EA knows that, I have not seen competitive prices by EA.
For e.g. Steam will host their sales which happen a couple of times a year, even AAA titles like Just Cause 3 and almost all the games on Steam will discount heavily making it affordable for gamers.
I have not see that kind of commitment from EA.
Heck, they are not releasing their titles on Steam just to avoid putting deep discounts and to mind money even though they know they will sell huge if their titles were on Steam.
So, I would not agree on the statement that you have put earlier.
This is just my opinion and I do not in any way say that I am right and you are wrong, just that my opinion differs from yours.
And even though I enjoy EA games, I don't like EA as a company and their pricing policy.