we've noticed your computer is not connected to the internet

I recently bought madden 26 on my PC. I have been playing Madden 24 for the past two years and play it somewhat regularly on my PC (it has been working fine other than being slow). I bought Madden 26 and when i tried to play it I got a message saying "we've noticed your computer is not connected to the internet" along with some other stuff. My network connection is fine. I have tried everything that the youtubers have thrown out there. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, reset my modem, reset my PC, manually allow firewall access, reset network settings, etc. and still no luck. So i decided to try opening Madden 24 and now it is doing the same thing. What is happening? every time it crashes out, it gives the error code i've mentioned above and then the EA app says "the game didnt launch due to an error on our end, try again later". WHEN IS LATER? WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT?