minecraft launcher requires libraries that will never be installed

libgconf-2.so.4 is a requirement of your new launcher.  I do not have gnome installed. I will not be installing the 284659283469527345 terabytes  of gnome libraries that it requires.  I am therefore utterly incapable of launching the game I PAYED YOU FOR!

The legacy launch gets permanently stuck at "preparing" and none of the forums i have read where this issue have cropped up have solved this for me.

YOUR incompetence is preventing me from playing this game which I paid good money for.  Why do you need gnome.conf in the first place, your demanding I have bloatwarre installed is not appreciated.