Minecraft Launcher fails to start game, no help available

Seems to be the same issue WEB-7272 (but I did not know that)... (because nothing works...)

Minecraft Laucher does not launch minecraft, it shows error:

Error Code: 0x80004005 code: Eroded Badlands. A file that the Windows Product Activation (WPA) requires is damaged or missing. Please reboot, verify system permissions, and make sure your operating system is up-to-date. For more information, go HERE or contact Customer Support directly.

Then error messages disappears very quickly, then I am asked for a microsoft login, and when I click on it nothing works. I am also forwarded to a help page like this:

https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/notfound

and the "Minecraft Help Center" does not response at all (I enter something, no response), and on the general page https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/search?query=login when I search for "login" I get zero results.

Minecraft JAVA edition, 1.21

MacOS Sonoma

What I expected to happen was...:
Launching minecraft

What actually happened was...:

• I had to select my username (never happens)

• I have to login to Microsoft (never happes)

• There is no help at all

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click "Minecraft.app"
2. ...
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