Bioware still have autonomi under EA. Or rather the creative director(s) at Bioware still have autonomi over their own game. It is kinda like Pixar under Disney I reckon. Bioware is making the decisions for their own games. They - or rather Laidlaw (I think he is the one in charge for the Dragon Age team) decide what content should be missing day 1.
To disregard that there is still anything called Bioware, and saying that Bioware might as well just be named EA would be a false simplification.
Blaming EA instead of Bioware is like blaming Warner Brothers instead of Cristopher Nolan because you didn't like The Dark Knight Rises. It's pretty weird to be honest.
So blame Mark Darrah, Mike Laidlaw, Aaron Flynn and probably one or two more individuals who we don't see or hear from as much.
Guess what? They are all EA employees within the Bioware division. So you are blaming EA.
Whether such blame is valid is a whole different conversation.