This kind of shit is one of the reasons PC gaming on a TV has gotten worse, not better since Steam's Big Picture debut years ago.
Getting into a game with these launchers inevitably takes longer on a PC with an SSD vs. doing it from my PS5 on an external 2.5" HDD (let alone Xbox's game resume). The process of launching the game, wait for the launcher to load, then wait while it syncs its cloud saves with the publisher's own system vs. just using Steam's/Origin's own cloud sync, having a launcher that doesn't support gamepad (which means I often launch a game, grab my gamepad, see the launcher come up, say "Ah shit", pick up my wireless keyboard to launch it, pick back up my gamepad) - it's just such a clusterfuck of bad UX.
Origin at least has their 'mini launcher' that doesn't get in your face if you buy it from Steam, but it still has that delay where it loads and syncs your saves with EA's servers at game launch vs. doing it in the background like Steam, plus it's barely any smaller in terms of footprint than the full Origin launcher - it just locks out the store.
If you're using an external launcher to manager all this crap like GoG Galaxy, then buying one of these games like EA's on Epic is actually worse than just buying it directly from Origin, as if you launch the game from Galaxy it identifies it as an Origin game (which, it is) - but it's an "Origin Game Bought on Epic", so it launches Origin, which then launches Epic, when then launches your game - from Origin. I'm literally in the game already from a console by the time my multiple launchers have figured out to launch the thing. Just ridiculous.
