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A few people have recommended linking my EA account to Steam and launching the game from there. Uninstalled The Sims 4 and the EA App. Checked for any leftover files. Restarted. Downloaded Steam just fine, registered, downloaded The Sims 4 and tried to launch it. It was "preparing game" and automatically downloaded EA App. Steam auto-launched EA App and... "game license is invalid" once again. The game shows up in my Library on Steam and the EA App. Didn't bother to download expacs or stuff packs. The issue lies with the EA App. There is no license folder.
I have had this issue since August 18th. Chatted with support for help. They had non to offer but said they would report iy and the more people with th issue the better chance of it getting fixwd :-(