SimCity: Complete Edition - Cant see friends

Hi!

Today my auntie bought this game so we can play together. She made an EA account and we friended each other but when we tried to play together, we couldn't find each other online in game, and for some dumb reason u cant just invite to game from friend list. In game it still shows Origin friend list. I can see my friends that had Origin accounts but not EA ones.

Is there any work around? How can we play together?

EA, please address all the issues created by launcher switch so people are warned before they spend money on games they cant play. Simple "Multiplayer unavailable" will do.