EA App Required Now?

I just got the dreaded "EA app is your new hOmE." Even being offline and my laptop has been off since last Sunday. Seems like Origin had a ticking bomb inside. Ugh. Here goes everything.

Edit: Only issue so far is launching in offline mode. I always play offline. Apparently it's a known issue. *sigh* At least I did my TS4 update jump last weekend. I had not updated since March '22.