EA Desktop asking to download already installed and played games

First I had to download it (12-13 hours), then I had to download another 130GB day one "patch" which meant I had to uninstall and reinstall because I didn't have enough space (another 12 hours) then I could play - two days later. Then I was naive enough to try and start the EA App under linux which was a different hell in its own and when I finally was able to at least start the app my game wasn't recognized as being installed. Then after a lot of research and exploring I managed to have it show up by using Touchup.exe only to have it crash without an error after the intro movies. So I settled for playing it under windows for now and when I had time to do so (last tuesday evening) and of course after using Touchup again to have it show up I was greeted with another "patch" I couldn't download because there wasn't enough space so I had to wait another 12ish hours. And finally yesterday evening I wasn't allowed to play because apparently starting the same game on the same computer, with the same account and the same IP and MAC address but under another OS counts as starting it on too many computers in a short period.
About an hour ago I couldn't log in because EA's account servers apparently were down (so according to the app of course my PC could not connect to the internet) and when I was able to log in again the game's library page showed an error instead of the actual library page and I couldn't start the game. But thank god for quirky loading texts while the app tries to figure out if the installed game it recognized could actually be started.
Right now I'm repairing the game once again because it crashes without an error message or maybe doesn't even start - I don't know because there is no feedback.