I haven't played Minecraft for a while, so I decided to download it the (apparently) "old" way, through minecraft.net.

After the first download, the installation pop-up froze. Second try, installation complete but the game wasn't saved in any folders on my computer and the launcher wouldn't... well, launch.

I downloaded the Xbox app from MS Store, found the game, tried to play it but it didn't launch. Re-installed the game, and side note: thank god I'm not epileptic because some Xbox pop-up kept flashing on my screen during the installation, thankfully it disappeared after a while.

Started the launcher, logged in, and ever since it's been unable to connect to Minecraft Services. I'm now only able to play the Demo for a game I spent money on.

How can a billion-dollar company mess up something so simple in such complicated ways!?