Unable to start BF6

Hi all, I am unable to launch BF6 past its anticheat. I have bought the game on steam, and don't even have EA app recognise it. I have reinstalled EA app, ran BF6 and its AC as administrator, cleared EA app cache, restarted and stopped EA Background service. I am sick and tired of this. I've actually faced the same issue with EA FC 26 but was too busy to fix it and now am unable to refund it. In fact, I cannot believe launching issues have been a thing since BF3 era.