@krecha_ae The Super Patch was created by EA years ago, while TS3 was still in development. The launcher was supposed to handle all patching, but the way it was built, it's never been able to handle large amounts of data very well. It often failed to fully patch and would throw the "update available" notifications, but then when the player tried to patch, the launcher would read the game as already fully patched. So EA created a tool to thoroughly patch the game without involving the launcher.
The Super Patch is still hosted on EA servers, and the link I sent you connects directly to those servers. There has been a concern about EA potentially taking down the download though, which is why you also see third-party hosts offering the patch. But the link under the words "Region 17" calls the download directly from EA, not from any third party.
If you'd prefer to use a download link from an official EA site, here's the relevant post on the Sims forums. (The one you want is under the header Cumulative Base Game Super Patcher.) It's the same download though.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/175477/official-ea-download-link-for-the-sims-3-cumulati...
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