Main menu unavailable - ARM Mac

Ever since EA started pushing those full-screen event announcements, I've had a recurring issue where I'll have to force close and re-open the game multiple times to be able to actually access the starting menu. Everything is just grayed out, and nothing is selectable. If I tab out and right-click to exit and go back to the game, the "are you sure you want to quit" popup is there - but there's nothing to get access to the menu.  

Sometimes restarting the EA works. Sometimes you have to go offline. Sometimes you have to go online. This game is way too expensive for this kind of mess.